Nothing is more annoying to me than a screaming child and a parent who trying to "reason" with him/her. I hate to pull the "when I was young" card, but when I was young, I got my butt beat when I acted like a banshee from hell.
I was at the store and overheard the following conversation:
Kid: I want a toy
Parent: You already have a couple of toys in the cart I'm buying you.
Kid: NO! I want more.
Parent: (perhaps foreseeing what was about to happen) We'll see.
Kid: (SCREAMS) I want it NOW! *crying*
Parent: Well, if you promise to stop crying, I'll buy you a toy.
Kid: I want TWO toys NOW! (SCREAMS, then HITS Mom)
Parent: Ok
Ok, really? Really? I don't blame the kid. I don't. I blame the dumbass the poor kid got for parents. It was really awful to hear this. I get the fact that parents shouldn't beat their children. But, what ever happened to giving your kids boundaries? You provide the child boundaries and set up consequences for crossing them. This makes for a happy child and a happy parent (and a happy me for not having to listen to BeelzeBoy get his way).
Granted, I'm not a parent. So, take my words for what they're worth here, but if/when I have kids, they'll be polite, happy children who know what "No" means and understand that there are consequences to poor behavior.
Parents seem to get more and more stupid with each passing year. I believe parents should be required to take a parenting class & pass a test prior to having a baby. This way, the kid gets the best chance at life and people like me aren't cringing in the grocery store.
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