Comments on: Where have all the parents gone? (Off topic again, get over it)

By: Shan @Last Shreds Of Sanity

Shan @Last Shreds Of Sanity — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:12:57 +0000

What the hell? I have long said that parents in general don’t keep watch on their kids well enough. We are in the minority, those of us that actually WATCH our kids. The Diva is not even allowed outside in our locked, gated yard without either myself or her Daddy.

Are these parents taking that whole “it takes a village” theory a little too far? I mean it will only work if the whole village actually agrees to implement it. LOL
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By: Sharon Hurlbut

Sharon Hurlbut — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:23:00 +0000

This kind of thing happens every single week at my daughters' gymnastics lessons. Siblings are stuck there while their brothers or sisters are in class, and they go nuts, running around, climbing on the bleachers, jumping down, crawling under them and over top of adults. The parents just sit there and chat or talk on their cell phones or look at their laptops. They never even see the kids.

The viewing area is upstairs and is bordered by a glass railing which kids are always grabbing the top of and trying to clamber up. I've tried to ignore it, but honestly, I couldn't live with myself if some four year old went over and fell and got hurt (or worse), so more than once I've had to tell a child not to do that. People act like it's a burden to have to parent their own children and I just want to shake them and ask why they even had kids in the first place.

You've definitely hit a nerve, Heather. Great topic.

By: babyhoot.

babyhoot. — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:54:00 +0000

Hey, I got one for ya! At Chuck E Cheese, a little boy followed my husband into the bathroom. So DJ took him out to find his mom, who was on the other side of the room playing a game. She didn’t even look up from her game when he asked “is this your son”? and she got an attitude with him. She even said “you think I’m a bad mom because I’m black!” to which he answered, “No, I think you’re a bad mom because you didn’t know where your son was.”

OK, I’m hopping off your soapbox now. Now you’ve got me all riled up!

By: H.E.Eigler

H.E.Eigler — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:33:00 +0000

Meno – It would’ve served her right that’s for sure.

Charles – So, where do they go? A bar down the street? I just don’t get it.

Danielle – Why is this? I don’t get it.

Surf – yup, verry grim indeed.

By: SurfJedi

SurfJedi — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:32:00 +0000

My wife was just wondering the same thing today. Some mom was letting her 18 month old waddle about among a group of 10 year olds playing freeze tag on a playground. This same toddler kept assaulting my son and the mom couldn’t care less. Why don’t parents watch their kids anymore? I expect a grim future for society if parents don’t get their act together.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:27:00 +0000

You are so right! It is crazy and very, very sad. If I ever behaved that way when I was little I would have been in big trouble. I think kids are running the show nowadays. I know they think they run the show in my classroom.

By: Charles Gramlich

Charles Gramlich — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:34:00 +0000

Taht’s very sad. I used to see this a lot when Josh was little. We’d take him to the video arcade and I’d be there with him, but fifty kids without any supervision would be running around like mad. Half the time I’d get asked for quarters as the only adult there.

By: meno

meno — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:41:00 +0000

Wonder what would have happened if you had moved the baby and then said “What baby?” when she returned from the bathroom.