Are kids today total brats?
@Mizoegee (31)
Aizwal, India
January 22, 2016 11:17am CST
Lately I've noticed the kids around my neighborhood are increasingly rude and ill-mannered. It seems as if their parents/grandparents spoil them rotten. Lack of respect towards their elders, bad language and a tendency to cause mischief (harmful ones) are some traits they seem to have in common. It makes me wonder- were we such brats too when we were their age?
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@Mizoegee (31)
• Aizwal, India
22 Jan 16
True in some ways. Example is my neighbour. Always defending your grandchildren even when they are in the wrong only teaches the child... that they can do anything they want, and it's okay. Even if they cause serious harm to others, their playmates,for example, they're doing nothing wrong.
@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
25 Jan 16
I agree with you
It is parents who are failing and a time will come when they will regret this
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
25 Jan 16
Nowadays parents and guardians are doing less in disciplining their kids. We were never like that. As parents we need to do better
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
25 Jan 16
@Mizoegee I have come across such situations as well
I am a mum now of a 6 months old but when he is grown i will make sure he is on the right path. I cannot allow any indiscipline at all
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@Mizoegee (31)
• Aizwal, India
27 Jan 16
@Missmwngi Good luck and congratulations. Hope he grows up to make you proud
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@Mizoegee (31)
• Aizwal, India
22 Jan 16
If I misbehaved, you can bet I was punished! My backside still remembers! lol. But Some parents seem to consider punishment as something barbaric. They maybe forgotten how they were raised? So long asthe child is not harmed physically or mentally, it's the responsibility of parents to raise them right.
@BigMoney25 (1286)
• Philippines
23 Jan 16
It all comes down to how their parents raised them like really. Parents need to discipline their kids and teach them to learn how to work for the things they want and not be brats and just ask for something and get it right away. They should work for something, if they want a new toy they can give them that toy but with a condition, after the kid has finished with the task for that toy then proceed and give the toy. @Mizoegee
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@Mizoegee (31)
• Aizwal, India
23 Jan 16
Nowadays all they seem to do is throw tantrums regardless of where they are. In order to spare themselves embarassment, the parents buy what their child demands: lesson for the child- if you want something, scream & throw a crying fit.
@Shiva49 (26785)
• Singapore
23 Jan 16
When I was young we respected age but that is just a number now, we are told. When someone of older generation told us something we listened but now no one really listens! And there were many children; now they are precious, one or two, and parents are eager to please them, not the other way like in earlier times. So they are a product of circumstances - siva
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@WriterMukund (181)
• India
22 Jan 16
I totally agree to you. I have also seen many kids now a days with an attitude writ all over their face. I don't know whose problem it is, the environment in which they are raised, their parents, their friends. But yes, indeed there is a problem among many of them. And yes, I also remember how we used to be punished when we were kids. I think these days kids are never slapped.
@WriterMukund (181)
• India
22 Jan 16
@MALUSE I partially agree with you. But beating here I did not mean hitting them on a regular basis. To be frank, when me and many children of my age were hit when we were kids. But we have not become violent. Hitting when they cross a certain age limit will definitely make them violent and turn them against their parents.
I hope you are aware of a language called Sanskrit. In that language there is a saying which I will translate and put forth here.
For the first five years pamper the kid. For the next ten years, that is till the kid reaches 15 treat it with discipline. Once the kid reached 16, treat like a Friend. So in that 10 year phase, I believe there is no wrong if they are punished.
Punishing here also doesn't only mean taking a rod and hitting them black and blue. I am also against such barbaric acts which come under Child abuse. But I believe one slap could not be characterised as a child abuse.
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@Mizoegee (31)
• Aizwal, India
23 Jan 16
@WriterMukund True. In some cultures maybe beating constitutes a crime. But there are diff interpretations to the word. I did'nt mean literally hitting a child senseless! That's crazy! No parent in their right mind would do that!
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@WriterMukund (181)
• India
23 Jan 16
@Mizoegee Yes you are right. I also did not mean senseless and violent hitting. But there should be some disciplinary actions taken which can make the kid a better person.
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@Paul2015 (18)
• Kolkata, India
22 Jan 16
Yeah, in recent days modesty, politeness and these kind of human value are rarely exposed in the kids' behavior. Perhaps the lack of proper upbringing is responsible for this. But these types of problems exist all the time.
@Mizoegee (31)
• Aizwal, India
22 Jan 16
"Spare the rod and spoil the child" seems to pass these type of parents completely.
