This is why I don't have more kids over!!

[Dar]

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OMG
I am now thankful my children dont read most of the posts here...he would think thats a wicked idea

 

[PQ]

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I gotta comment on this... And people say that if you homeschool your kids they aren't being socialized! Well here is a prime example of a school kid who obviously isn't well socialized! And it's like, doesn't this mother know her daughter?

Should be interesting to hear what Mom thinks.

Wonderfully put... although my children do go to public school now (8 children in the school K-8th grade is this still conc public school? LOL) We still live on a wild and crazy farm and would never let or kids go without... including animals. Shame on this mom for being oblivious to her childs feelings.

 

[ams3651]

I found out the last few years I like having a couple teenage boys around. They treat me better than my own son. Any thing I ask them to do they will. They hang out in the basement or in the field having a bon fire. The only problem I had was when I went down the road to the general store and came back to an inch of water in the bath and hall. Someone over flowed the toilet and they didnt know what to do so they did nothing.

When he was younger I had a hard time with kids over so there was really only 2 who came regularly. I just cant deal with other peoples kids when the parents dont teach them manners.

 

[Southernbelle]

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I would've banned them too!

Once I filled a bucket with sudsy water (maybe 3-4" deep), put each of the 3 kids in old socks and let them skate the kitchen floor clean. They think I'm the best Mom in the world (at least sometimes)

 

[agnes_day]

you are a smart lady! im going to try that sometime.

 

[Whispering Winds]

Gosh . . .kids, don't cha' love em? I just had a conference with my little 8 year olds teacher, who happens to be one of my best friends, and we were looking over his handwriitng papers and he had to make up sentences . . he wrote that his teacher had bad shoulders. . .laughed our heads off, but she has no clue why he wrote that. . .we did talk about some of the kids in his class, my little guy has always been so agreeable, and LOVES his buddies like family, and then you have one that smacks the tar out of your nose just because he is in a bad mood, another one who falls on you, just for the fun of it, and he is NOT a skinny kid . . .then there is the one that wonders around the classroom like he has no idea of why he is there . . .and the principle acts like its no big deal. . .his wife is the other second grade teacher, so guess who got all the bad ones . . .just not fair to any of the kids. We had five kids and we were the kool-aide house on the block. . .parents would literally drop their kids off on Fridays and sometimes not call until Sunday . . .luckily, we were financially able to feed this group, but if anything happned and someone got in trouble, OH BOY, completely different story . . .then they were "concerned" parents.

One thing that gripes me more than anything else in this world, and please don't think I am judging any of you, because I think all of us have better ideas of where you are and what you should be doing when you have kids,

are these parents that set at the bars and drink theirselves silly and get into fights, or get arrested for possession of something, just sends me into a rage. Or, the parent that talks mean to their kids in front of me, calling their kids stupid or idiots or making fun of their opinions.

No wonder kids have no idea of what they are here for . . .we talk real serious with our little guy, and try to take what he says and thinks into real consideration. Not always successful, but we get an A for trying. . .

 

[abluechipstock]

it's sad but my neice is terrified of dogs, cats and goats and about every furry thing, she's 5 yrs old, she's afraid to come to my house because i have dogs, cats and goats! but this is the kid that has all kinds of animal books and talks about them all the time, i have to try to desensatize(sp) this kid, now ryan my nephew runs after my dad's cats saying meow, he's a yr and a half

 

[PotterWatch]

Parents can be just as bad sometimes. When I was a freshman or sophmore in high school, I went to a sleepover birthday party at a friend's house. One activity she wanted to do and had planned for was to go TP some houses including a cop friend of theirs. I, while not the perfect child by any means, had never even thought to do something like that and was terrified of getting caught so I declined to go along. A couple other girls stayed with me. They apparently went horribly overboard, not just TPing his trees, but his entire lawn, house, fences everywhere. They also wrote "Hi Mike!" (the cop's name) in toilet paper on his lawn. He knew exactly who had done it and called in the morning furious and demanding that it be cleaned up (who could blame him?).

The Dad of the girl having the party said that he wasn't going to help clean up and he wouldn't take anyone there to do it either (I think he just didn't want to face the offended cop). He told me and the other girls who hadn't participated that he would tell the cop it was entirely our fault and that we would be in huge trouble with the cops if we didn't go clean up the mess. I ended up calling my parents to come get me early as I was really afraid this Dad was going to lie to the cop and say that I had been a part of it. What kind of chance did that guy's kids have of growing up respectful and honest with an example like that to follow?

 

[lizardz]

I guess I've just been fortunate - I love all my son's friends. He's now 17 and many of them we've known since kindergarten. They hang out at our place whenever they can, and they know they are always welcome. In fact, three of them are here right now. He's in a band, and they've chosen our garage to practice in, so they're here 2-3 times a week. It's not unusual to have between 2-8 extra kids around, especially on the weekends or during the summer. Some have stayed at our place for 2-3 weeks over the summer. I have always made sure they knew what the house rules were and what my expectations of their behavior was. If someone messed up, they paid the consequence - having to clean up messes or being banned from our place for a period of time. They knew, however, when that time was up, they were welcome to come back and have a second chance. They are all great kids, and I'll miss them when they go off to college (not that long, now). Sorry to read that not more people have the same experience.
Liz
(oh - and I don't blame the kids for their parent's stupidity - that's not their fault)

 

[djackjr]

Now see thats why when our daughter had a slumber party, my wife paid for a hotel room for me that night.