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Writer says take control of kids
A concerned citizen recently filed a blog response about parents’ responsibility for their children. Here’s what the writer had to say: “Parents, you made the kids, now they are out of control. It is you, … your lack of action and not having or taking the time, with your kids … Deal with it, or it will deal with you. The time to control youth is when they are still young, not when they become teenagers and are standing looking in your face. No one gives you control. You have to take control. That’s the way it is and always will be. So how long have you been waiting, for someone to give you control? You control your kids, or they control you. You may not know this, but your kids, and everyone around knows, who is in control.”
Agree or disagree?
Comments
By RO
March 26, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this
I agree. Parents don’t take the future actions of their children into account when they don’t control their children when they are in their formative years. Good behavior, like good communication skills, is fundamental to be a respectable adult.
Of course, there are those rare cases where some children are born with a streak in them that is out of the ordinary and even a parent who works hard at trying to control their children won’t be able to. I feel sorry for those parents. It must hurt them deeply.
By mcmasehere
April 12, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this
ABSOLUTELY! Case in point, tonight, Pizza Inn around 7pm. A group of kids which were in the back of the place for a birthday party. Parents sitting there chit-chatting paying no attention to their kids what so ever. They were running thru the place, yelling, jumping, climbing on the carnival horse purposely trying to tear it up. Putting their fingers in the desserts at the dessert area. Wiping their hands on the mirrors and windows. This went on for about 25 minutes while everyone in the place suffered thru their meal….the Adults of the party did nothing. The waitress for the table in front of us could not even hear the drink order. The other waitress was having to tell the kids no, don’t please every few minutes.
Take note…if you allow your children to act this way in public..your children or you will sooner or later be publicly embarrassed. The public will not treat your kid the way you do. Little sweet Johnny to you is nothing more than a brat to everyone else when you ALLOW him to act this way. Raise your kids, don’t ignore them. To Pizza Inn if you are reading this…please put up a partition between the parties and the dining area. It would be VERY MUCH appreciated!!