Uncle Phil
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Only when I fall off a motorcycle and break some ribs ...UP - your momma was right! I haven’t seen you kicking and screaming on the floor for over a year!
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Only when I fall off a motorcycle and break some ribs ...UP - your momma was right! I haven’t seen you kicking and screaming on the floor for over a year!
I'd observed followers of the "anti-authoritarian upbringing"-cult by doing just that: rolling on the floor, screaming... aside their already hysterical kid...I was in Wally World one day and a 'little' one was laying in the floor kicking and screaming to get it's way.
Before I could stop myself I looked at it's mother and told her -
"You know, my momma had a cure for that!"
and walked away from her astonishment.
I did not think Austrian / German children acted that way. I guess I have just been gone too long.I'd observed followers of the "anti-authoritarian upbringing"-cult by doing just that: rolling on the floor, screaming... aside their already hysterical kid...
Besides that we've to observe a lot of shouting, running, riding bicycles or scoots (of course with the foreseeable accidents and damages to (formerly) shelved goods, throwing of fruits and vegetables, etc...
But dare to urge calm & order, uhh, suddenly those "parents" go very authoritarian... err... ballistic... on you...
IMO just another form of egoism (Karen-ism...?)... my brat can do everything it wants... yours not though...
Like using a parked motorcycle as a coin-ride and jungle-gym for their seed... I got a bit loud there... and no the kid is not at fault...
Maybe too much 'progress'?I did not think Austrian / German children acted that way. I guess I have just been gone too long.
Not so sure it is growing. It is just that they are making themselves more obvious since the invention of social media. And......probably more older generations than younger.the growing number of people who start to believe that the earth is really flat, or that we never went on the moon.
We've also some new mentalities moving in... so...I did not think Austrian / German children acted that way. I guess I have just been gone too long.
My theory: the human is a primate that only learns by pain... just watch the Discovery Chanel or other nature documentaries...The problem for the young generation is that there are no consequences for their actions. No smacking or corporal punishment in schools or at home. If I had behaved like some of these, I don't think I would have lived to tell the tale!
Yep I ALWAYS knew there were gonna be consequences for my actions when I got home - judgment day would come sooner rather than later!The problem for the young generation is that there are no consequences for their actions. No smacking or corporal punishment in schools or at home. If I had behaved like some of these, I don't think I would have lived to tell the tale!
We had to know what "hot" was.A very lively human example: our mom's told like 50 times to not touch the stove, it is hot... did this work? No!
But that "pfft!" followed by severe pain in our paws did sink in... Q.E.D. ...
There's a difference between "believing" a patent falsehood and seeking attention by being contradictory. I think most flat-earthers fall into the second category.Me... my big deception... is the growing number of people who start to believe that the earth is really flat, or that we never went on the moon.
And then they insist.... they have done their research...
My only hope is that the law of natural selection will take care of them.
Don't put both hands in the blender at the same time.....
First time my momma applied 'judgement' to the 'seat of learning' you knew what 'hot' was!We had to know what "hot" was.
Pretty much the same with "watch your step!", "look where you're running!", "hold on when climbing!" or "eyes forward!" while learning to ride a bicycle... kids just won't listen...We had to know what "hot" was.
I get the basic message here but my experience is different. We decided no corporal punishment for our kids. When we said no we meant it and made it stick. Pick and choose your battles. They did well in school, had lots of friends, went to university, graduated, got jobs, moved out (and stayed moved out) got married and now we have grandchildren.First time my momma applied 'judgement' to the 'seat of learning' you knew what 'hot' was!
At a kids birthday party a decade plus back, my daughter, then about 1.5-2yrs old was toddling around being a kid. There was a 6yr old boy running around and causing all kinds of trouble, like really out of control. The mother/parent of said 6yr old came up to me and said "I just want to let you know my 6yr old boy likes to bite other kids" Really. So I responded with "Well, you better keep an eye on your son. Cause if he bites my daughter, I'm gonna punch you in the mouth" She gave me the shocked look. I told her again, and said go tell your husband as well, because if you can't control your child at 6yrs old and he harms my daughter I'm gonna light both of you up. Parents like that is how we got where we are.I'd observed followers of the "anti-authoritarian upbringing"-cult by doing just that: rolling on the floor, screaming... aside their already hysterical kid...
Besides that we've to observe a lot of shouting, running, riding bicycles or scoots (of course with the foreseeable accidents and damages to (formerly) shelved goods, throwing of fruits and vegetables, etc...
But dare to urge calm & order, uhh, suddenly those "parents" go very authoritarian... err... ballistic... on you...
IMO just another form of egoism (Karen-ism...?)... my brat can do everything it wants... yours not though...
Like using a parked motorcycle as a coin-ride and jungle-gym for their seed... I got a bit loud there... and no the kid is not at fault...