Is it me or is every generation being born worse than the last??????

this is what really gets on my nerves about kids these day's so im happy this discussion started! i had a kid kick my door a few months back and when i went outside and asked was it him because he was laughing standing there, he admitted it.. i was going to take him home and tell his parents but he wouldn't show me where he lived and he just told me to pi$$ off :-O. anyway he came back a few nights later only my cousin was here the same age as him and give him a kicking :O) and he totally deserved it. the people to blame are infact there parents because they don't teach them any manners, they let them do what they want, when they want and it just gets out of control. but then again there parents don't listen if anybody tells them to have a word with their child. so if they don't teach them a lesson nobody else can!

I'm glad to hear that someone is actually going to teach their child manners. You both are so right. I see moms all the time riding on a cloud while their kids are tearing the store down. Take today for instance,this morning I went to the bank to make a deposit and there was this woman whom I thought had a snobbish air to her. She had 2 young boys. The eldest couldn't be more than 8 years old. The line was a mile long and the woman was 4 people behind me. Well,those boys were running wild,darting in between people in the line and screaming like they were at a park. The woman chastised them only twice and since they didn't listen to her she chose to ignore them!!!!! The bank supervisor asked her to control her kids and she had THE NERVE to be offended!!!! My jaw dropped open when the woman got out of the line and stormed out!!! I was so embarrased thtat she was a mom. I think that's why the criminal rates are so high. A round of applause to you and all mothers who choose to do right by their children!!!! Thank you so much for responding and for being a responsible parent actually contributing something positive to our communities!!!

LOL!!!!!! I couldn't agree with you more,lol !!!!! That girl was VERY lucky it was me and not someone who might have pushed her or even hit her for the mere fact that their baby was in the stroller. I also agree with your point of view that parents are too caught up wanting to give their children the easy life but don't take the time to teach them values or TO VALUE. I for one also made a promise not to be like my parents...but I meant to the extremes that they went. I am very grateful for everything in my life and I hope that the values that I taught myself rub off on my little girl. Thank you so much for your response.

It's shameful but true. The worse part is that most parents are aware of what they're doing but either choose to ignore it because they're doing something more important or they keep putting it off for a later time thinking that they've got time...not knowing that teaching begins as soon as the woman learns she's with child. I sang to my fetus (now my daughter,lol), read to her, hugged my belly all around and talked to her,cooed at her. I can't even begin to tell you how many other things I did during my pregnancy. And when she was born, OMG!!!! I went crazy,lol!!! I'm not saying that I'm the perfect mother but I am an involved parent. I act the same as my daughter (or worse,lol) when we're playing...either at home or in public. People stare at me like I'm crazy,lol. When I take her for a ride, I put on one of her cd's and we go swaying from side to side all the way to our stop,lol. I am,however,seeing more and more parents like this,thank God...but apparently that's not enough. I hope that this is an eye opener for a lot of people. Thank you so much for your post!!!

I think that's really the key---to be involved. Nobody is going to be a perfect parent, but it seems like the ones who are more involved, are the ones whose kids turn out better. And happier too, I think.