Posted on 08/16/2013 3:50:38 AM PDT by rickmichaels
Ick
My answer to those who took offense to my words
would have been——— “They don’t like what I said?? Tough!!”
This lady said, “You don’t tell children to shut their mouths!” and I said, “Actually, I do!” Then she hustled her son and his friends out before they were traumatized by my brutality ... and my goal of having it quiet in the room was achieved.
I was kind of shocked, though, because I don’t usually meet these sensitive, modern parents - or if I do, they’re not being obvious.
Can’t imagine hiring someone to pick up dog poop. But we didn’t often ask our son to mow the lawn. His allergies meant he’d spend two days dealing with the health consequences. He and his wife chose to live in a condo - and that’s a large part of the reason!
Those kids have to be in the real world sometime. There’s a time and place for everything, and that mother ( and other permissive mothers) aren’t preparing their kids very well. Glad you stood your ground.
This no chores stuff has been going on forever. I recall having the conversation 15 years ago. Parents shrug and say: “They have their whole lives to work.” End of discussion. Now, those same kids are in their 30s, living at home, on benefits or have been drafted into the family business. If they are in the family business, they seem to wander in and out over time due to wanting to travel or convincing the parents to pay for more school and have never held a real job or if they have, it’s not for long.
Apparent income can be misleading. I know of several instances where the inheritance from the grandparents materializes just as the parents are set for retirement and the *kids* are in their 40s. Sometimes, not even the recipients ever knew there was any family money to be had.
Meh. My daughter had a live scorpion in her room last night. She found it on the floor when she was using her little book light to find a dropped chapstick cap.
Once the scorpion was dispatched (by me, of course), she went right back to bed.
She's six.
Hard work always has been the cure for insomnia.
I wish my kids were that easy .. But they have never slept in our bed. I won’t allow it.
The closet one came was sleeping on the floor in our room, and that was to appease my wife more than the kid..
“She’s worked as a “sleep doula”...”
They misspelled “swindler.”
ping
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