Permissive parents: Curb your brats

With advent of Netflix, a night out at the movies should be an "event". Hooch + peace & quiet while watching a movie for which you've overpaid? That's Visa-commercial priceless!

And the prices have the added benefit of weeding out.... undesirables.

Louis CK: "Why?"

It gets best around halfway through. The relevant bit is around 6:20.

Uncle Albert disagrees: asked and answered.

Why the disagree? Because you acknowledge you have no practical experience in this area? You can huff and puff but that only covers your ignorance in these areas.

In a thread like this, you need to sit down, shut up and learn from those who actually are raising/have raised children. Otherwise, your "opinions" carry no weight.

How about those who don't have kids but remember how their younger siblings were raised?

...but enough about 14th Doctor.

To be fair, I think the State is doing its best to involve itself in this.

I think everyone who speaks in absolutes should be tarred and feathered.

I come from the village age. There were families we knew who had the green light to put a boot to my ass if I got out of line, and then I could expect it to be compounded at least double when I got home. It happened a few times but I learned and am that much the better for it.

I was a little hellion when I was little, but managed to learn to respect others for the most part and not be too obnoxious, which is a word Pop called me one day and I asked, "What does that mean?" To which he replied, "Look it up."

I did and not only learned a new word but a bit of insight to myself as I came across to others.

My daughter hasn't had to deal with the boot in her ass. She hasn't had to deal with anyone else in that reguard either. I swore off corporal punishment early on having had enough of it to last three generations and have swatted her twice in her life, once for her getting into a position of hurting herself after being told repeatedly not to do something and the second time for mouthing off at her mother.

I've done my part with mine, the rest of you jokers need to do your part as well so I don't have to have some snot nosed little bastard running around the restauraunt babbling uncontrollably about this that or the other thing. It's not my place to do anything more than glare at them, and at you even if you can't control your little shithead. I am unsympathetic to your plight.

See, I'm one of those guys who thinks their kid's behaviour is a direct reflection on the parent. If you don't want me to think you an id10t then tell your little shit to sit down and shut the fuck up.

This applies to the appropriate venues of course, I expect a "kid to be a kid" at Chuck E. Cheese or other such places.

Not so much at say the movies, which I have sworn off for the most part due to the asshats who's parents have no control over apparently since they think they have to do their pathetic rendition of MST3K with shuck and jive instead of anything remotely resembling a sense of stylistic humor, they just babble to hear themselves make noise like a monkey.

Assholes. I blame the parents for dropping them off as a way to keep from hiring a babysitter.

One instance I recall Pop using the "I told you so" technique was when I was about six or seven and we were vacationing in the Carolinas, I kept stepping over this hot piece of copper tubing, back and forth, back and forth all the while humming some stupid tune. He finally got pay dirt when I managed to burn the shit out of my shin.

The other day I was thinking about that and I had an epiphany. The tube was a condensation line on a still.

Conversely, a lot of parents seem to think everything is about their kid, and everyone should play along and make allowances. I didn't have kids partly because I don't want to deal with them. ANY of them. So no, it isn't all about your kid (the figurative "your") to anybody but the figurative "you."

The other day, my son was doing something repeatedly - something I'd previously asked him not to do. So, he started again the other day and I asked him to stop and he said "whut?" Then he did it again, so I said his name and he said "whut?" When he did it the third time, I turned to him and gave him 'the look'. When he started to open his mouth, I slammed my book on the table and said "Say 'whut' again'.

I know he's never seen Fight Club, but apparently, that simple sentence got the point across.

Fight Club? I was thinking more along the lines of Pulp Fiction.

Doh. Yes, Pulp Fiction.

Hey quick you better notify mods about his poor behavior.

You probably shouldn't make fun of other people's weight.

I have "the look" with any child and I'm not even a parent.

Oh? Absolutely everyone?

Why would I do that?

And you probably shouldn't make fun of other people's religion and/or marital status.

But I can't imagine you stopping.

I don't have any kids myself, but I do work with kids all day long.

It is amazing how fast a kid shuts up when they see a long needle coming towards them.



But I'm actually surprised at how many of my patients are pretty well-behaved. Most of my child patients are probably better behaved than my adult patients... they haven't learned to fear me yet, I guess.

Of course, the dentist's office is an extreme situation and it is perfectly understandable for a kid (or anyone really) to freak out and go ballistic before an appointment. I see adults acting like five year olds every day...

That is a great suggestion. Good thing I haven't done either in a while.

Personally, I would fear any Robotech Master wanting to do my dental work.

You have no children. Clearly.

There is a difference between running around and houting and doing something that might annoy you from a distance and your other story about using your computer. One is just life and the other is unacceptable.

Depends. If I'm in a cafe and my 18 month year old has a tantrum which involves a bit of yelling or crying then that's life buddy. I might (if it went on for a bit and it wasn't raining) take her outside but if you want to get uber-annoyed about it that's your problem and you can leave if it upsets you greatly. So it is zero but you have to deal with it.

You need to have them in order to understand any of it. Otherwise you're just a blow hard.

*sob* Jamey *sob*

Post 22. Asked and answered, cock breath.

I don't need to know anything about parenting to have EVERY FUCKING RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PUT UP WITH YOUR UNDISCIPLINED BRATS. Your special insight does NOT afford you special privileges. The same standards of common courtesy apply to parents and non-parents alike.