Handbook Covers Parent's Worst Case Scenarios

Hmmm. Bitter much??

Sunny~you are awesome and I agree with you 1 billion percent...stupid parents and their "feel good" parenting is sickening and it's ruining our society...I do not condone hitting and smacking either, but have courtesy and PLEASE have common sense parents!

You pinpoint a certain subset of parents and, for them, your points are well taken, however harsh they may sound.

I think no matter how it was said Sunny still has a point. Parents are smothering their children and although they have good intentions (keep them off drugs, make sure they get enough praise so they have high self esteem, make sure they succeed in life) they go about it the wrong way most of the time. I am only 26, but in my early 20's I had a job, was on my own paying my own bills, and I am able to make schedule my own appointments whether it is hair, doctor, job interview or otherwise. Now these may seem like simple things but many of the girls I know now who are 18-21 cannot do these simple tasks because their parents have done EVERYTHING for them. These kids won't go on job interviews without their parents for crying out loud and have their parents do the talking for them and wonder why they don't get hired. These are also kids who when they were younger could do no wrong (in their parents eyes.) If these kids even drank or smoked pot their parents would blame it on something else and soothe them, or else try to be the "cool" parents and act like they were hip. No wonder the youth of America is going to hell.
When I was young, my parents made me take responsibility for my own actions and I spent alot of time on punishment. Do I wish they also tried to ask me what was going on with me at the time...yes, but I also think I deserved to be punished as well. I was able to learn that no matter how I feel there will be consequences to certain actions just like in the real world. If you rob a bank because you are having a bad day you still go to jail, you don't get hugged and asked what you are feeling. Children need more discipline...bottom line.

AMEN

Or the offended person walks right up to the stupid parent, knocks the spit out of them, and then the same to the little animals. Most parents are too stupid to reason with at all, and we wouldn't have this problem if somebody gave intelligence tests before the others were allowed to breed. My favorite in store comment is "Did you breed that, well here's the deal, you have to train it too" or get a leash.

I think you are correct in saying that no parent likes to be told that their child has misbehaved, however, when my neighbor's child purposely throws stuff over our fence and ruins the plants in our garden that we have purchased with hard earned money and lots of labor, it is then time to tell the parent what he has done. That is what we did and we lost the neighbor as a friend because of i t. Since then this same child has thrown rocks at our new storage shed, rings our doorbell constantly and then runs away, has destroyed our front yard shrubbery, etc. etc. Are you telling me that a parent should not know what his child is doing? We now feel that we cannot complain to the parent, because of our past sin of letting him know the first time he destroyed our plants. You are just wrong, wrong, wrong. Other neighbors are complaining also about this child. Do we have such dense ignorant parents that they don't want to know what their child is doing and raise them in a proper way? I guess we do, and with your attitude about not letting a parent know when his child is misbehaving, we will have a society of spoiled, nasty people without a proper upbringing. In my day if we as children did something wrong in our neighborhood, our parents allowed others to discipline us, it takes a village to raise a child, ever heard of that??

What a shame that an establishment such as where you were would even consider giving manicures and pedicures to a 5 year old.
I would think because of the caios they would have an age limit as to who could receive one, say age 9 and up or so. By then a child can act pretty decently, hopefully. Maybe they should put up a sign saying that children under 9 years of age cannot frequent their establishment. This would protect the establishment in case a child under 9 years of age got hurt, it would be in the good interest of other customers, and it would help the mothers out so that when they go to get their manicure or pedicure, they can enjoy it and not have to worry about the young ones running around. There is not much they can do when their hands are being held by the manicurist, all they can do is yell at the child and no one wants to have to do that in front of other customers or the owners of the place.Perhaps you could suggest this to your favorite salon?

I find that's the case with 90% of the articles written on the internet. Half the time it's a article written about someone else's article. And the Comments sections are ALWAYS better then the article.

I think they're afraid that if they give too much info away, you won't buy the book...

Sadly, not all parents are like you. We are an older couple, our kids are raised and out of the house, we go out once in a while and most of the time our time out is spoiled by the parents that don't have a clue and drag their kids out when they are tired, hungry and cranky and let them scream and or run wild while others try to enjoy their evening out. We used to go to one of the better dinner places in our town but no longer do so. I have had my hair pulled, food down my back, toddlers turned loose and they come crawl under our table or ask for my purse,etc. We are on SS and so money is tight at times and it does ruin things for us. We also raised our kids and taught them to respect others and to sit down and behave. If we were going to eat later, fed the kids and got a sitter for them. We do have grandkids but they live in another state and at times I wonder if they are like the ill behaved kids we run into. On the other hand, blame should be put where it is due...stupid selfish parents that don't have a clue. Can't really blame the kids as they know no better.

Will, that one irks me as well. I also am dealing with a family member that asks for advice on one of the kids that has a physical condition that I have dealt with myself for a number of years and then when I explain how I live and control the condition (same things that the drs. have told her) she tells me that I don't know what I am talking about. Have finally decided to just say...ask the drs. they are the experts on the subject. I am so tired of hearing...it is unfair to expect my child to take daily medication and be on a special diet. Question..........should I tell her that death is also unfair and her child deserves a long life?