BrokenArts on 7/9/2009 at 00:42
Shall I make your dream come true subject. You miss them don't you.
SubJeff on 7/9/2009 at 00:46
thats not how you make my dream come true
Kolya on 7/9/2009 at 10:29
Quote Posted by fett
Fuck you Koyla.
See? It's all fun and games 'till someone decides to be an asshole.
:( Sylvia, how d'you call your lover man?
I worked in a kindergarten with a few hundred kids for over a year and it was my observation that the few annoying kids had super-daddies and super-mommies without exception. Of course I didn't have religious fundamentalists and trailer park trash to compare. Although I don't think that parental neglect and laziness (or common sense) is limited to religious upbringing or social class. Anyway, beginning of a great adventure.
Why stop at one, I might have ten, a regular TV brood
I'd breed a little liberal army in the woods
Just like these redneck lunatics I see at the local bar
with their tribe of mutant inbred piglets with cloven hooves
I'd teach 'em how to plant a bomb, start a fire, play guitar
and if they catch a hunter, shoot him in the nuts
I'd try to be as progressive as I could possibly be
as long as I don't have to try too much
fett on 7/9/2009 at 22:44
Yeah, but there's a strong distinction between "super-moms/dads" and seasoned parents who have some life-experience behind their methods. My comments about my own kids being well-adjusted and happy are not based on my own observations but on comments from other parents. Other parents comment repeatedly on the way my boys behave, how they act around adults and other kids, and the relationship that I have with them. I've honestly never had to deal with the problems that most parents complain about (tantrums, arguing, lying, etc.) because of that relationship, not because I'm a "super-dad" or because my kids are afraid of me. There's also a big difference between doling out unwanted advice (as most "super-moms" do) and just having a relationship with your kids that works. Not saying my way is the best or only way, just saying what works for me, and that it's been noticed and commented on repeatedly by other parents.
Queue on 7/9/2009 at 23:39
My only thought is, why has no one clubbed these people like seals and rendered them down into something useful like candles?
BrokenArts on 7/9/2009 at 23:47
Quote Posted by Queue
My only thought is, why has no one clubbed these people like seals and rendered them down into something useful like candles?
You ask a valid question, why no answer, makes me sad. A revolution needs to start, we could do it, and sell them at walmart next to the jesus candles.
fett, I've had people tell me what a good kid my daughter is, you aren't alone.
fett on 8/9/2009 at 00:38
What really irks me though is when they ask, "How do you get him to do that/not do that?" and you tell them, they say, "Oh, that would never work with little johnny." It's usually that the parent is just lazy and is afraid of a confrontation with a three year old. The only reason it won't work with little johnny is because they don't have the energy to carry through and be consistent.
I know some kids are harder to handle than others. People used to suggest that both of my boys were ADD, (when they were around two) because they had a lot of energy. As they've gotten older and found productive channels for that energy, they are very focused and attentive when they need to be, and the rest of the time they act like boys - they're rowdy and loud. They've learned to discern when that's allowed and when it's not. It just took a few years for them to figure it out and be guided in the right direction.
CCCToad on 8/9/2009 at 00:56
Quote Posted by Queue
My only thought is, why has no one clubbed these people like seals and rendered them down into something useful like candles?
lets see if I've seen this logic before....swap out a noun, but keep the basic sentiment intact...
Quote Posted by Queue
My only thought is, why has no one clubbed these
people jews like seals and rendered them down into something useful like candles?
Crude, and stereotypical, but it gets the point across.
Countries that do what you suggest have existed, but they weren't very nice places to live.
BrokenArts on 8/9/2009 at 01:16
Some where along the line, some parents have forgotten what their kids need, and give in too often to what their kids want. Are they being selfish? or just too tired and lazy to do anything about it? Its not one problem, its many issues facing parents today.
Today its parents working two jobs sometimes. The stay at home mom is *almost* a thing of the past. We have progress on somethings, yet not on other things, and we've suffered for it.
fett on 8/9/2009 at 01:57
Quote Posted by CCCToad
Countries that do what you suggest have existed, but they weren't very nice places to live.
HEAR THAT QUEUE? YOU'RE A NAZI! TRY
THAT HAT ON FOR SIZE YOU RACIST COCKMUNCH.
