Permissive parents: Curb your brats- Page 2

[StockardFan]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 5:32pm

Amen, Reggie!

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 5:47pm

My mom was young and old school. If I got out online, I got my daddy's belt. Once she slapped me across the face so hard, I spun around and broke my front tooth on a dresser. you didn't talk back.

Twice now I have been at a barbecue at the same friend's house and his obnoxious daughter tries to butt in to adult conversations, tries to dominate all attention and insults her father in front of his friends. She gets that last part from her obnoxious mother who does the same. She starts whining for food, so the grilling and dessert happen on her schedule. She pouts if no one wants to play some game she invented. Both times my friend has commented on how well behaved and respectful she was. I am just baffled by it. She's a world class brat.

[tommyboy]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 6:33pm

Jesus said, "Suffer the children to come unto me" (KJV)

Well, He can have them. I am childless by choice. I have since been ex'd out the church...(both Lutheran and Catholic).

[danmag]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 9:25pm

When my kids were little and we would go to restaurants I always told them that there were cops back in the kitchen and if they misbehaved they would be arrested immediately.

They were always on their best behavior. Emotionally scarred...but on their best behavior.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 10:38pm

I love you, Dan Mag!

[trentsketch]

Posted: 7/5/11 at 10:48pm

You might not tell your child they're an uncontrollable maniac, but I have no problem doing it during a rehearsal. If your kid is being an insufferable diva, they leave my music rehearsal. I talk to the director--your child's theater teacher--and we decide if your precious little snowflake is special enough to stay in the show. If we have other kids who can play the role with less of an attitude, your child is welcome to stay in the chorus, keep their mouth shut unless they're asked to sing, and learn some humility. If you disagree, you are free to take them where special snowflake behavior is acceptable. And no, you aren't going to get me fired because your monster decided cursing out the music director was a good choice.

And I do blame the parents. Set some boundaries and teach them to behave like a human being. Then we might have a few less special little snowflakes to deal with.

[danmag]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 8:11am

<3 @ TD!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 4:11pm

Emotionally scarred...but on their best behavior.

As every child should be. Without emotional scars, what would happen to all the therapists? It builds character.

[nygrl232]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 7:53pm

On a 4-hour flight from LAX to Chicago, a small boy kicked the back of my seat continuously. I finally stood up, turned around and stared at him until he started to cry, phonily. His parents were too busy dealing with the five other children they'd brought to notice. I kept staring at him and creeping him out until he went fetal.

After that he started to poke his hand through the little opening between the seat and the wall to grab at my arm. I caught his hand and held onto it, and he freaked out. When his parents said, "Why did you grab his hand and not let go?" I said, "He was trying to give me a reach around, and that's just disturbing."

The parents were horrified. Oh, and they were Mormons.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 8:09pm

LOL!

"Why?! Because your child is very rude and keeps sticking his hand into my seat and grabbing me. If you can't control him, I will."

[mominator]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 8:48pm

So true Diva!!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 9:57pm

You should have said he was groping you inappropriately and you have half a mind to bring criminal charges against him. They'll put him through enough major therapy that he'll have learned manners before he's allowed in public again.

[nygrl232]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 10:39pm

Darn, I didn't think of any of that. I was just feeling especially sadistic--am not a good traveler. The parents were so offended that the universe decided it'd be a good thing for me to keep running into them as I made my way to my connecting flight. Every time I did I gave the kid that creeper look that sent him cowering into the stroller.

Serves you right, kicky boy.