Lack of disipline...
By Shar11
@Shar11 (419)
United States
October 27, 2008 11:36am CST
This is more of a rant but it really bothers me when some parents do not properly disipline thier children.
Now we all may choose different styles of disipline and I am not really talking about the "how" or method..
But when there is a total lack of disipline.
Kids will be kids and misbehave from time to time.
Really they have to make mistakes sometimes..It's how we learn growing up.
But when a parent just sits by and sometimes even laughs at the behavior this bothers me.
I was at the park with my nephew and there was another child there about 7 years old.
He kept going onto the toddler slide and just sitting there not allowing the other kids to go down.
First of all this slide is geared more towards the very little ones...
The 7 year old barely fit on it.
There are several bigger slides he could play on with kids his own age.
But it appeared he was basically enjoying bullying the younger kids, laughing and taunting them, pretending to allow them to go down then blocking thier way so they couldn't.
Earlier I had also seen him throwing sand at some of the smaller kids too.
His mom just sat there, occasionally looking up at him and saying "Stop" but never followed through when he ignored her.
Then there is my friend's 5 year old.
When ever he comes to the house he will jump on the furniture, pull my dogs tail,
and generally disobey what ever rules his mom asks him to follow.
We went to a grocery store once and he was throwing cans off the shelves!
His mom would just pick them up behind him but never once pulled him aside and told him he could not behave this way. He also on occassion will use foul language and his mom thinks it's funny!!
I think disipline is also a form of love.
As much as I get annoyed with these kids I honestly feel more sorry for them.
Without learning rules and limits they are going to have a tougher time in life.
It's sad that some parents choose to ignore thier childrens bad behavior and not give and teach them a sense of balance and self control to work with,,...
Do you know parents like this?
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3 responses
@islandrose (686)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
I had noticed several mothers with this kind of attitude and when the child grow up, the often times create problems. If parents give discipline to her children, it is because a parent wanted to raise a responsible child, because she loved her child. Other moms who just considered a child's bad behavior doesn't love the child, rather she is just interested on herself.
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@vikkiadam (59)
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27 Oct 08
I also hate it when i see a parent allowing their tearaway to behave badly and bully other kids. A child needs to be taught right from wrong. They needs some sort of structure in their lifes. Boundries when we are younger help us learn important lessons for later life. I would not tolerate my son throwing cans off a shelf in a supermarket! My son has just turned 3 and knows better than that. Sure he has tantrums now and then but he is just finding it hard to express his emotions so i let him cool off a bit if this happens but i wouldn't allow him to be naughty fir the fun of it. So basically i'm trying to say i comletely agree with you Shar =)
