Did The Definition of the Word "Parent" Change?

[DisneyMom]

... Kid runs back in line, kicks my Dad in the shins, then runs back to his mom! No apology from kid or kid's mom. Luckily, my Dad saw it as a funny story to tell and, from years of being a social worker, treated the whole incident as bad parenting, recognizing that saying something further wouldn't change either the parent or the kid's behavior. Yikes, though. That kid's going to end up being a fun teenager and adult.

Sounds like some of my relative's progeny....
One kid like to swing his baseball bat around people's faces, Jump on my 20 year old son's back(he's 12) and blame it on his little sister, and interject his opinion when adults are having a conversation, telling them they are wrong :mad:
Another precious darling's parents(6 year old) have convinced her that she's so adorable, she climbs all over people, screams at both kids and adults alike when she wants something, and still regularly is found riding in a stroller (doesn't like to walk much). She just started Kindergarten, I'm hoping a little social pressure will change some of that nonsense.

[hobie16]

Before moving to Hawaii we lived in the town next to Stanford. Just about every parent there declared THEIR child WOULD attend STANFORD. Lots of pressure on the kids.

My daughter started kindergarten with a set of twins whose parents were Stanford declarers. The twins social skills were so bad that the teacher wouldn't let them move into 1st grade at the end of the year. The declarers were crushed.

[Syndrome]

Line moves up a bit. Kid runs back in line, kicks my Dad in the shins, then runs back to his mom! No apology from kid or kid's mom.

That kid would've had to move his ass fast if he pulled that with me because I would have kicked right back. If the "parents" (I use the term loosely) had said anything, I would have said, "I have Tourettes that is aggrevated by hostile bodily contact which causes me to lash out uncontrollably in response, so if I were you I'd keep him away." I had a little brat in the pre-show room of Dinosaur once who stepped on my foot. I was wearing flip-flops so that wasn't pleasant, but I figured once might be an accident, especially in the dark, and gave him a gentle little nudge. He stepped off, then stepped back on HARD and he got a swift kick in the back of his bratty little legs. You can be sure he stayed far away from me after that, and if he had whined about it, my excuse would have been, "It's dark and I was stumbling around from the pain and didn't see you, just like you apparently didn't see me."

[Tinker Bell]

Ahhh! The joys of parenting...

There is a certain location where people love to sit, play (insert weird thing here) on the rails or fence. Every time I'm there I'm constantly saying not to sit, stand, play etc, etc on it, and two minutes after that someone is doing it. Unfortunately for them, I'm one of those annoying attendants that enforces the rules and I go one by one asking them to get down. Boy do parents give you the mean look!

I certainly hope they do not think it even makes me uncomfortable their mean looks. Because not only does it not bother me, it makes me thank full that I'm not going home with the little monster. Seriously the phase of 'youth today' should be change asap. It should say 'Parents today'.

[Ms. Matterhorn]

Before moving to Hawaii we lived in the town next to Stanford. Just about every parent there declared THEIR child WOULD attend STANFORD. Lots of pressure on the kids.

My daughter started kindergarten with a set of twins whose parents were Stanford declarers. The twins social skills were so bad that the teacher wouldn't let them move into 1st grade at the end of the year. The declarers were crushed.

A 9th grade student in my colleague's class earned a failing grade on a test. Student's mother was livid and emailed my colleague saying it would be her fault that DD would not get into medical school. Good thing, no one should have her as their doctor.

[hobie16]

A 9th grade student in my colleague's class earned a failing grade on a test. Student's mother was livid and emailed my colleague saying it would be her fault that DD would not get into medical school. Good thing, no one should have her as their doctor.

Was the test on anatomy? :D:

[Ms. Matterhorn]

No, Spanish! Unfortunately, said student is in my class this year! I'm bracing myself.

[SlantedCastle]

The magnetic chains...
I get a real kick out of the Parents that watch their kids play with these things until it disconnects. Then wait until I will swoop down to fix it before telling their kid off about how they shouldn't play with it.

[turkeyham]

My brother's son loves to climb on him and his wife. They said it was fine when he was 5, but know he is older, he has to stop. They got him a Wii and he has focused his attention to that and school.

What I have seen is when I was young, my parents told me to wash my hands with soap and water. Dry your hands off with a paper towel and toss it properly into a trash can. Hold that! I see the SG and their messy kids. They turn in the water, hit the soap so it over flows their hands, soap hits the counters, they leave 3/4 of the crap in the sink and they shake the water off onto the ground, grab 50 towels and 90% of them are on the floor and that 10% hits the corner of the trash can.

[DisneyMom]

No, Spanish! Unfortunately, said student is in my class this year! I'm bracing myself.

So, Ms. Matterhorn, how's it going with the "Future MD"? ;)