when did parents stop parenting their children??

[babylady4]

I always liked Tping..... all that TP just rots away...... and it looks so COOL hanging in the trees!!!!

I never did anybody's house other than my friend's houses; and none of their parents cared. I would not do that to somebody who thought it was a huge mess.

Debbi you must be related to my mom; she would soap a fountain in Shreveport LA when she went to school there...... some fountain at a church? She would always tell us how great the bubbles were the next day................... she and her buds would sit thought the service to hear all about it.

 

[thaiturkey]

Kids do naughty things. Parents can't stand over them all of the time and it would not be a good thing if they did. Some of the things that they do are dangerous. Usually no-one is harmed but sometimes someone is. You have to deal with each incident on its own merits.

Now, if you want to consider who is to blame for childlike behaviour that goes beyond reasonable bounds you have to consider more than the parents. Always blaming them is an easy cop out. Take a look instead at the examples set by other adults, especially those in the public eye. Consider all the tv attention given to a school massacre and how that might appeal to another lonely, attention hungry and resentful kid. Society glorifies irresponsible behaviour, movies play down the horrific consequences of a violent act and so do computer games. I'm sure that evryone can think of more examples of how society at large encourages bad behaviour by children. Geez, look at those kids cartoons!

There's another aspect of this too and it's adult jealousy. There are the kids playing happily with no responsibilities. Adults, on the other hand, have to work to pay the bills and cannot play like that any more. Some adults handle their jealousy by restraining their kids, neglecting them, criticising other poeple's kids and generally trying to spoil the kids' fun. That's when kids play becomes less than playful.

 

[debilorrah]

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Property damage. The dye and the soap really messed up the innerds. It was a community hot tub.

 

[Skittlez]

The 2 little boys that live across the street from my FIL just walk in his house. No knocking, nothing. He woke up from a nap and they were in his house playing with my sons toys he has over there. The last time I was over and they just walked in I yelled at them. I said "What do you think you are doing? You go out and shut that door and knock like a real person!" Now they knock. They run acroos the street without even looking. How would their parents feel if I went over to their house and just walked in?

The stuff we did as kids in the 70's was nothing compared to these kids now. At least toilet paper is biodegradable and soap washes off.

The neighbor girl opened my barn door and let all the horses out and then laughed when she saw me trying to catch them before they got on the highway. I would have been liable for an accident if there was one. I have had kids cuss at me, knock into me with no apology, damage my car, and damage my land. My kids don't touch other peoples property and I expect others to teach their children the same thing.

What bothers me the most is the parents that say "MY child would never do that" Oh yah, want to see my security video of them destroying my property?

I guess I am just old school.

 

[rufus]

Hmmmm! You all sound like a bunch of hooligans. I would like to point out that in this state and a good many others that it is now legal to carry concealed fire arms. There are a lot of well armed, short tempered people out there. Your manners had better improve or the law of natural selection will kick in.

Mind your P's and Q's and stay alive.

Rufus

 

[thaiturkey]

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Are you saying that some adults in your Sate would shoot children? If that's so there's not much to complain about when kids get up to mischief. Set the example and you'll get the same behaviour.

 

[rufus]

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Are you saying that some adults in your Sate would shoot children? If that's so there's not much to complain about when kids get up to mischief. Set the example and you'll get the same behaviour.

Sometimes nasty kids grow up to be nasty adults. And yes, we have people that shoot other people, horses, dogs, mail boxes, city buses, street lights and anything that moves and some things that don't.

But I never recall anyone being shot for being polite and well behaved.

Rufus

 

[debilorrah]

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I was a hooligan!!! I am not now. I was raised better than that.

 

[xxSonja]

Heres a tid bit of info for ya'll.
Throwing rocks at vehicles (cars, bikes, boats, trains, any sort) and property is ILLEGAL here in australia.
And im personally glad about it. Its a stupid thing to do, and can cause serious damage.

 

[thaiturkey]

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Are you saying that some adults in your Sate would shoot children? If that's so there's not much to complain about when kids get up to mischief. Set the example and you'll get the same behaviour.

Sometimes nasty kids grow up to be nasty adults. And yes, we have people that shoot other people, horses, dogs, mail boxes, city buses, street lights and anything that moves and some things that don't.

But I never recall anyone being shot for being polite and well behaved.

Rufus

But polite and well behaved people do get shot. Perhaps that's more of an issue than naughty kids.