Possible a contentious post, not meant to be, but it seems that a lot of parents are afraid of their children. This is shown by the way some parents allow their children to dominate the room/shop/space. It would appear that children are being brought up to believe that they are the centre of the universe and that everyone else is there to admire and respond to their demands. In *our* day children were "seen but not heard". I am not suggesting that was the correct way but it is likely that the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction.
Anyone care to comment?
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. [Albert Einstein]
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
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I don't think the old fashioned "seen and not heard" approach is good either. There needs to be a balance between letting your kids be kids without them being massive twats.
Jewish kids do my head in, they play in the back alley and seem to try and make as much noise as possible. This evening they're banging something horribly loudly.
Yeah I know mate. 'Twas awful. She had the obligatory cigarette perched in her mouth throughout, for additional guidance.
Mind, I was impressed she'd not got her pyjamas on, but less so that they live not two streets from said school gates.
Eeh I thought they were as good as golden? Except for the erratic road crossing without warning (God tells 'em when to cross safely apparently) and the parents driving people carriers with absolutely no regard for the Highway Code?
Butter wouldn't melt eh!
A woman with a push chair was perched on our garden wall earlier.
My Mrs came out the house and enquired why she was there...
"Just doing a roll up bab them I'm off".
And off she went - with her freshly rolled cigarette and can of lager.
It's bad parenting that makes little shits. Peers sometimes don't help, but parents are the main reason.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
kids need reasuring that they fit in, they are the centre of a parent's universe and they are our future and legacy - trample on them at your peril.
and as with all evolution, the unevolved can stick around in their cave and die of old age alone.
The adult afraid of children is you, adults unafraid of children are comfortable to accept they're boisterous and not schooled entirely in etiquette and that cramming too much of that shit in too soon makes for a stunted mind. Children have an honesty and innocence that if kept will make them a useful part of the human race... without it they become mixed up, angry about the wrong things, joyless traitors to humanity, traitors to themselves, a liability ... much like a zombie in an apocalyptic era - their discontent spreads like a disease, stifling clearer minds ... best avoided.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
Hmm, now there's a thing, I've three kids and two chimneys.......