Give Me a Break: Shopping Cart Dept. 4
(Expletive Deleted) We need better parents, not better shopping carts.
Sheesh!
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August 8, 2006 at 8:49 am
Oh pah-leese! We are in the days of parents who blame everything their kids do on someone else, & not teaching them to be responsible for their own actions. I was in the grocery store last Friday afternoon, I refuse to go on the weekend, & Joe went with me. There was a kid in a cart throwing a fit about something. Screaming, yelling, & creating all kinds of havoc. Instead of making the kid behave, the mother just ignored him. We walked past the cart, Joe glared at the kid, & remembered what happened to him if he dared pull that kind of stunt. I would literally pull off the flip-flop I was wearing, & he would get his butt busted. Or a trip to the car, or the Ladies room. He also knew that if he was promised something for being good in the store, he wouldn’t get it if he threw a fit.
I could not be a young parent today. If a spanking (on the butt)is considered physical abuse, grounding is psycological abuse, & taking away privileges is unheard of, what’s left? I know a couple of young parents, & I honestly don’t know how they do it now.
August 8, 2006 at 7:26 pm
Well, we didn’t do much spanking, but I know from my own growing up that forsythia bushes make for great switches.
Especially when you have to go pick your own switch!
And all this crap about self-esteem and protecting their fragile little egos. Frankly, I do not think that self-esteem makes for accomplishment; accomplishment makes for self-esteem.
Of course, that doesn’t mean to tear down self-esteem; it does mean not to give BS praise for doing normal stuff at an average level.
I read somewhere recently (I’m not going to look for the cite) of a tee-ball league that credited an “out” if the fielder caught the ball anywhere near the base.
And we wonder why kids don’t try to excel? No one teaches them what excellence is.
August 9, 2006 at 9:18 am
Weeping willow branches also made great switches, & if the person on the receiving end picked a too small one, Grandma went out & got her own to use. (I only did that once. That was 1 lesson that I learned real fast.)
Is it any wonder that very few young adults accept responsibility for their actions? In the extreme cases, their parents have taught them that. Look at Klebold/Harris, their parents, & the resulting massacre at Columbine. The first thing out of the parents mouths was: “I didn’t know, it’s not my fault”.
August 11, 2006 at 5:02 pm
Just add it to the list of things we should nuke to reduce risks to Americans.