Is your kid a douchebag?

FrijolMalo · Dec 4, 2007

http://men.style.com/details/blogs/details/2007/11/are-you-raising.html

Let us begin with the assumption that if you are a parent, you wish for your child every advantage and opportunity. From the ergonomic high chair to that all-important first sushi experience and beyond, life should be as golden for your little one as it is for, say, Pax Jolie-Pitt.

But inevitably the moment arrives when all your doting and care come back on you in the form of a precocious little barb that reminds you in no uncertain terms of . . . you. It might be that his friend Jake's eighth-birthday party was "unbelievably lame" or that "it's weird that Brandon's family flies first-class and we don't," or maybe it's simply that "these taquitos taste like turd."

It's then that you must reckon with the real possibility that your drive to make little Johnny better, smarter, and hipper has merely turned him into a douchebag. Put it this way: If it's your child, not you, who gets to choose your weekend brunch spot, or if he's the one asking how the branzino is prepared, it's probably time to take a hard look at your own behavior.

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Alas, convenient as it might be, we can't blame the children. "There's no such thing as a spoiled gene," says parenting expert Michele Borba, author of Don't Give Me That Attitude! "The brat factor is all learned."
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I guess living in Tennessee, I don't really have to deal with too many hipster parents, but the article does bring up some interesting stuff.

garamet · Dec 4, 2007

Kids emulate the behaviors of the people around them. If Mommy and Daddy are demanding, annoying fools, their kids will be too.

Sean the Puritan · Dec 5, 2007

Douchebags beget douchebags.

Jeff Cooper Disciple · Dec 5, 2007

The Boy is doomed to be an asshole then.

*cue the Circle of Life*

Marso · Dec 5, 2007

Child rearing made simple: Mine know that if they're rude, obnoxious, or impolite, I'll kill them. Ergo, they behave wonderfully.

rightfulownership · Dec 5, 2007

just kill him and try again

Jeff Cooper Disciple · Dec 5, 2007

Well, I've had him for awhile and I've kind of grown attached to the little bugger . . .

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Is your kid a douchebag?

FrijolMalo A huddled mass

garamet "The whole world is watching."

Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

Jeff Cooper Disciple You've gotta be shittin' me.

Marso High speed, low drag.

rightfulownership Fresh Meat

Jeff Cooper Disciple You've gotta be shittin' me.

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Is your kid a douchebag?

FrijolMalo A huddled mass

garamet "The whole world is watching."

Sean the Puritan Endut! Hoch Hech!

Jeff Cooper Disciple You've gotta be shittin' me.

Marso High speed, low drag.

rightfulownership Fresh Meat

Jeff Cooper Disciple You've gotta be shittin' me.

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