Posted on 04/26/2005 5:02:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
This woman gives new meaning to the phrase, 'media whore'.
Although, she is to be commended for her decision to move out of Florida.
I don't even know where to start pronouncing that.
Children need to understand that they are an important part of a family, of a community, of the world. But too many parents nowadays are doing so much for their children that the children begin to get a sense of entitlement. They are not growing up understanding that one must earn self-esteem. They think it is something they are entitled to. Unfortunately, this has also become a big thing in our schools. We have to get back to teaching children that they must earn respect; that material rewards for doing the right thing, or doing well on an assignment are not the important thing. As parents, we must stop competing with the "Jones." That's a tough one for parents. If Johnny's parents decide to buy Johnny a car, we feel guilty if we don't do the same. I am speaking in general terms and there is so much more I could say - we have made things too safe in some ways, too child-centric.
There, fixed that little boo-boo.
The girl is an out of control brat, and her mother better start teaching her some manners before she becomes an out of control teenager or young adult. If mom won't do it, I'm sure the authorities and the jailhouse staff will do so down the road.
I tell you what . . . watching "Nanny 911" made me realize that potential parents should be licensed.
I have no children, and even I know that saying "Now, don't hit Mommy" in a sweet voice six or seven times doesn't do a freakin' thing to a mad two-year-old. I am stunned at the parents on those shows who let their children become little savages because "disciplining is just so hard and I feel mean when I do it."
This is a very common occurrence. At the same time, however, we have children who are put into special ed programs when they really don't belong in them -just because the money is available. I wouldn't want to be a teacher in this day and age. Even the best teachers who understand that children have different learning styles and who want to give these children the extra one-on-one attention they need are frustrated by all they are required to do. They KNOW, perhaps, that a certain child just needs a little extra help, but they don't have the time to give him or her anymore. So what do they do? They recommend that the child be put on ritalin or they recommend the child for special ed. Don't get me wrong. Special ed is very important for those who need it, but too many kids are being put into these programs because the teachers don't have the time to give them a little extra attention.
Nanny 911 isn't helping to encourage me to have children :-) My mom should be on that show. She give a broomstick clinic on how how to properly whap you on the butt even when you scoot under the bed.
I have zero sympathy for a screaming banshee of a five-year-old.
When I was five, I knew right from wrong. My three-year-old niece knows right from wrong.
My parents spanked my brother and me when we needed it. Not hard --open palm -- and it caused just enough discomfort when we tried to sit down for a few days, that we were reminded of our bad deed and we were deterred from doing something similar again.
Nowadays, if you spank, it's child abuse. Schools can no longer use corporal punishment either, or they will be sued.
I don't advocate hitting or beating a child -- but a spanking should not cause permanent damage to a child, and it might actually make that child a better person. I know it worked wonders for my brother and me.
The most important thing a child needs is a good example. My father worked three jobs, but he taught me so much about being an honest, hard-working, respectful human being. God rest his soul!
How about moving out of the country?
If she sues, all the other parents should sue HER for not allowing the school to transfer her child thereby disrupting the education of their children. Fight fire with fire.
I heard it reported that the eviction was started two weeks before the incident. Somebody is wrong.
I saw a checkout girl once whose name was Sinsemilla.
True story - I swear.
I have to admit that I can't give the show a fair review because I haven't seen it, but the one review I saw made me swear I'd never turn it on. Perhaps I should - just to see what potential mommies are going to learn from watching this show. It doesn't sound good.
I agree with you -- we shunt too many kids into programs they should not be in and put them on ritalin when they don't need to be. But then we have the opposite extreme -- parents all too quick to blame others, instead of looking to see if their child has a problem and if so, to find the best solution. Neither of these extremes help the child, and it's the child who should be the main concern.
I agree, these ''parents'' who give their children names from the afro-sounding but nobody on the continent has that name, or naming their kids after animals or natural phenomena should be arrested for abuse.
'Moon Unit', 'Dweezil', 'Ahmet' & 'Diva Muffin' Zappa ought to qualify but Frank is still dead so you can't arrest him.
Of course, things would be much simpler if black people stuck to naming their kids good African names like 'Nelson' & 'Winnie' but, what the hay...Lew Alcindor was a funky enough name but he had to go & change it to something even funkier and, you know what, most of us got used to it. : )
Ja'eisha and Anfernee and the like are NOT names "of African origin." They are concocted by parents who want to make their children stand out.
(Like Ja'eisha won't stand out in the line-up that awaits her a decade hence.)
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