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Jun 9, 2011 20:16:47 GMT -5
Post by Tenelen on Jun 9, 2011 20:16:47 GMT -5
How I really hate pretty much every parent that I have run into.
Parent don't know how to raise their children anymore, they don't understand anything about consistency.
The main problem all parents have are that they are too lazy and they don't want to put forth the energy that it takes to raise a child properly. When it comes to children, and most anything that needs to be trained, you have to be consistent. If you make a rule, keep the rule, unless of course the child can logically prove why the rule is pointless.
When you tell a child to pick up there room because they made a mess, you MUST make them pick it up. Do not allow them to do anything else until they do so. Do not let them use you, and tell you that they need your help and then you end up doing it for them while they sneak away from the room. Children are WAY smarter than we give them credit for, and they WILL take advantage of you at any moment they can.
It has really been annoying me, in many different ways, how parents raise their children. I couldn't even rant in all the different ways in which I don't like parents.
I almost wish that there was a test that people must pass in order to be allowed to have a kid.
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Jun 10, 2011 1:13:20 GMT -5
Post by xenithflare on Jun 10, 2011 1:13:20 GMT -5
The problem with child-rearing is that it is a constantly changing situation, due to the unnatural rate that children learn new behaviors. What works one day may not work the next, with drastically varying observations, occurrences, or revelations contributing to a young mind's evolving state of mind.
Keeping up or even moderately controlling this issue involves a horrendous amount of patience, of peripheral awareness... of sacrifice. Raising a child means you must be willing to give up your life and your goals, at least for an indeterminable amount of time.
Many parents still desire to go out with friends, stay out all night, do god-knows-what all day... but they don't realize that it just isn't possible when you have a kid. Don't stick your parents with your kid because you want to go have a good time: you aren't allowed one for a good twenty years. Your secondary job is to find employment that not only pays the bills, but also allows you to take care of the life you created. Your primary job is to make sure your child grows up in a household with decent morals, with emphasis on intelligence and learning. Everything else is a bonus.
Most parents today just don't understand that. They have too little real-world knowledge, having blown off school for drugs and sex (thus leading to the topic at hand), to be able to absorb this information. It's sad and unfortunate, and makes me seriously question the future of our evolution.
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Parents
Jun 10, 2011 8:29:29 GMT -5
Post by Tenelen on Jun 10, 2011 8:29:29 GMT -5
Haha; I just read over what I posted before and I realized I was being very vague and it was probably due to the fact I was pretty tired.
I completely agree with you Xenith. Parents don't realize that when they have a kid it's not a 9 month thing. Having a kid means that your entire life will change. Parents (especially ones around our generations age) do not realize this, and yes, they do want to continue on with their life as if they don't have a kid.
It truly worries me for the next generation growing up, because their kids....I don't even know how to describe them.
I think it all stems back to the education system though. I believe that if we managed to get our education system to be a little more important in our society we could potentially fix some of these problems.
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Jun 14, 2011 11:33:13 GMT -5
Post by xenithflare on Jun 14, 2011 11:33:13 GMT -5
I do agree that the education system is rather worthless, but I'm honestly completely out of ideas to help it. I have a few thoughts as to course/curriculum changes and involving technology in schools, but getting kids to pay attention... that's the difficult part.
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