Comments on: How to punish good parents http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/how-to-punish-good-parents/ Parenting from a Dad's eye view Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:46:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bookmarks about Fireworks http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/how-to-punish-good-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-1760 Bookmarks about Fireworks Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:45:24 +0000 http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/punishing-good-parents/#comment-1760 [...] - bookmarked by 2 members originally found by acrevola on July 20, 2008 How to punish good parents http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/how-to-punish-good-parents/ - bookmarked by 1 members [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1760','Bookmarks about Fireworks'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1760','Bookmarks about Fireworks','&#91;...&#93; - bookmarked by 2 members originally found by acrevola on July 20, 2008 How to punish good parents http:\/\/www.disfordad.com\/2008\/07\/14\/how-to-punish-good-parents\/ - bookmarked by 1 members &#91;...&#93;'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] - bookmarked by 2 members originally found by acrevola on July 20, 2008 How to punish good parents http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/how-to-punish-good-parents/ - bookmarked by 1 members [...]
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]]> By: Chuck http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/how-to-punish-good-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 Chuck Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:11:35 +0000 http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/punishing-good-parents/#comment-1744 Let me know if you find his house. I'm buying the eggs.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1744','Chuck'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1744','Chuck','Let me know if you find his house. I\'m buying the eggs.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Let me know if you find his house. I’m buying the eggs.
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]]> By: matt http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/how-to-punish-good-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-1731 matt Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:31:44 +0000 http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/punishing-good-parents/#comment-1731 I have been meaning to comment on this post for a looooong time....sorry I'm late. Just getting caught up. I'm not going to lie. I HATE the type of parents you are describing. I'll also go a step further and say that it seems to happen, at least in my experience, with parents of boys the most. It happened to my daughter at the playground a while ago. This kid kept pushing her down the slide...not in a good way....her dad basically just sat there and let him do it. I swear I saw a hint of pride in the dads face. I finally ended up taking her out of there and telling him he should pay more attention to his kid...but he just waved me off. Maddening. Later that night, by the light of the full moon, I egged his house. Not really, of course. I couldn't figure out where he lived. matts last blog post..<a href="http://redsparks.com/playpen/2008/07/25/my-daughters-drawing-is-cooler-than-yours/">My Daughter’s Drawing Is Cooler Than Yours</a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1731','matt'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1731','matt','I have been meaning to comment on this post for a looooong time....sorry I\'m late. Just getting caught up.\r\nI\'m not going to lie. I HATE the type of parents you are describing. I\'ll also go a step further and say that it seems to happen, at least in my experience, with parents of boys the most. It happened to my daughter at the playground a while ago. This kid kept pushing her down the slide...not in a good way....her dad basically just sat there and let him do it. I swear I saw a hint of pride in the dads face. I finally ended up taking her out of there and telling him he should pay more attention to his kid...but he just waved me off. Maddening. Later that night, by the light of the full moon, I egged his house. Not really, of course. I couldn\'t figure out where he lived.\n\nmatts last blog post..<a href=\"http:\/\/redsparks.com\/playpen\/2008\/07\/25\/my-daughters-drawing-is-cooler-than-yours\/\">My Daughter’s Drawing Is Cooler Than Yours<\/a>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I have been meaning to comment on this post for a looooong time….sorry I’m late. Just getting caught up.
I’m not going to lie. I HATE the type of parents you are describing. I’ll also go a step further and say that it seems to happen, at least in my experience, with parents of boys the most. It happened to my daughter at the playground a while ago. This kid kept pushing her down the slide…not in a good way….her dad basically just sat there and let him do it. I swear I saw a hint of pride in the dads face. I finally ended up taking her out of there and telling him he should pay more attention to his kid…but he just waved me off. Maddening. Later that night, by the light of the full moon, I egged his house. Not really, of course. I couldn’t figure out where he lived.

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]]> By: OhCaptain http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/how-to-punish-good-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 OhCaptain Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:16:07 +0000 http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/punishing-good-parents/#comment-1670 You really do see this all too often. I'm not sure these parents are lazy as much as they just really don't care. Not every parent has kids becasue they wanted them. In my younger days, I worked as an Assistant Manager of a music store (remember? you used to buy things called cd's, tapes and LP's). In this capacity, I witnessed first hand how some people parented. It was not uncommon on a Friday or Saturday night for kids aged 11 to 14 to be dropped off by there parents with a $100 and told to go to a movie and these parents would be back at such and such a time to pick them up. In the mean time, Mom and Dad would be free to go out to the bars or what ever it was they were going to do and didn't want their kids in their hair These parents were looking for a babysitter and figured the staff at the mall would do it for them. In one particular incident, the kids had walked into the mall and back out again following a couple of guys offering them booze. When the parents got back to pick them up, their daughters were in the parking lot, drunk and hanging out with older men. What was their reaction? What the hell were the workers doing at the mall that they would let this happen. Yes, it was our fault for not watching their kids. Thankfully, their lawyer told them it was best not to pursue this for it might actually end with them losing their kids. Anyone ever contemplate licensing parents? OhCaptains last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheLifeAndThoughtsOfAMidwestGeek/~3/336277581/we-are-leaving-on-jet-plane.html">We are leaving on a jet plane...</a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1670','OhCaptain'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1670','OhCaptain','You really do see this all too often. I\'m not sure these parents are lazy as much as they just really don\'t care. Not every parent has kids becasue they wanted them.\r\n\r\nIn my younger days, I worked as an Assistant Manager of a music store (remember? you used to buy things called cd\'s, tapes and LP\'s). In this capacity, I witnessed first hand how some people parented.\r\n\r\nIt was not uncommon on a Friday or Saturday night for kids aged 11 to 14 to be dropped off by there parents with a $100 and told to go to a movie and these parents would be back at such and such a time to pick them up. In the mean time, Mom and Dad would be free to go out to the bars or what ever it was they were going to do and didn\'t want their kids in their hair \r\n\r\nThese parents were looking for a babysitter and figured the staff at the mall would do it for them. In one particular incident, the kids had walked into the mall and back out again following a couple of guys offering them booze. When the parents got back to pick them up, their daughters were in the parking lot, drunk and hanging out with older men. What was their reaction? What the hell were the workers doing at the mall that they would let this happen. Yes, it was our fault for not watching their kids. Thankfully, their lawyer told them it was best not to pursue this for it might actually end with them losing their kids.\r\n\r\nAnyone ever contemplate licensing parents?\n\nOhCaptains last blog post..<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheLifeAndThoughtsOfAMidwestGeek\/~3\/336277581\/we-are-leaving-on-jet-plane.html\">We are leaving on a jet plane...<\/a>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You really do see this all too often. I’m not sure these parents are lazy as much as they just really don’t care. Not every parent has kids becasue they wanted them.

In my younger days, I worked as an Assistant Manager of a music store (remember? you used to buy things called cd’s, tapes and LP’s). In this capacity, I witnessed first hand how some people parented.

It was not uncommon on a Friday or Saturday night for kids aged 11 to 14 to be dropped off by there parents with a $100 and told to go to a movie and these parents would be back at such and such a time to pick them up. In the mean time, Mom and Dad would be free to go out to the bars or what ever it was they were going to do and didn’t want their kids in their hair

These parents were looking for a babysitter and figured the staff at the mall would do it for them. In one particular incident, the kids had walked into the mall and back out again following a couple of guys offering them booze. When the parents got back to pick them up, their daughters were in the parking lot, drunk and hanging out with older men. What was their reaction? What the hell were the workers doing at the mall that they would let this happen. Yes, it was our fault for not watching their kids. Thankfully, their lawyer told them it was best not to pursue this for it might actually end with them losing their kids.

Anyone ever contemplate licensing parents?

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]]> By: Katy http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/how-to-punish-good-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-1667 Katy Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:58:01 +0000 http://www.disfordad.com/2008/07/14/punishing-good-parents/#comment-1667 I get annoyed with lazy parents leaving their young children at the public library or in the play area at the mall playing with my kids. Lazy parent's kids can be very good kids, but then I feel responsible to stay around until I see the "owner" return to claim their child. Katys last blog post..<a href="http://www.adventuresinparenting.org/2008/07/16/5-things-parents-do-that-annoys-their-kids/">5 things parents do that annoy their kids</a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('1667','Katy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('1667','Katy','I get annoyed with lazy parents leaving their young children at the public library or in the play area at the mall playing with my kids. Lazy parent\'s kids can be very good kids, but then I feel responsible to stay around until I see the \"owner\" return to claim their child.\n\nKatys last blog post..<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adventuresinparenting.org\/2008\/07\/16\/5-things-parents-do-that-annoys-their-kids\/\">5 things parents do that annoy their kids<\/a>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I get annoyed with lazy parents leaving their young children at the public library or in the play area at the mall playing with my kids. Lazy parent’s kids can be very good kids, but then I feel responsible to stay around until I see the “owner” return to claim their child.

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