Chevy Chase Club to Parents: Your kids are brats

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I can't believe is that people here already started to judge children.Do you remember yourselves?Jesus Christ!

I think people are judging the parents of the kids in the cc club rather than the kids themselves. Yes, kids do naughty things, and that's why parents should be more diligent about watching their kids, especially in a shared public space.

I'd have gotten my hide tanned if I'd acted like this and my parents found out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't consider jumping on furniture "wracking the place".Its the sign that children need more physical activity.
I have a different approach and think that trully free person can't be raised in prison.And I don't want him to be raised with bunch of psychological problems,supressed by opinion of this materialistic society .I try to explain what's good or bed,but that would not include "jumping on furniture".

a truly free person has to live by himself because society doesn't work that way.

I think most of adults need to take some time off and go jump on furniture.It would help to deal with many issues.

Only other people's furniture, of course. You don't want to break your own things.

You know I grew up with father being antique collector.We had some 18th century chairs in the living room and one day I was playing actively and the chair fell down.Since it was so old it just fell apart.I got so scared that my father will kill me.He smiled at me and said :"Dont worry about it they were very old."

Dig that passive voice! "Playing actively," "the chair fell down," "it just fell apart." You must be, if not literally, spiritually one of the terrible parents who belong to the country club.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't consider jumping on furniture "wracking the place".Its the sign that children need more physical activity.
I have a different approach and think that trully free person can't be raised in prison.And I don't want him to be raised with bunch of psychological problems,supressed by opinion of this materialistic society .I try to explain what's good or bed,but that would not include "jumping on furniture".

a truly free person has to live by himself because society doesn't work that way.

Guess what, idiot. There are no "truly free persons." You, and your precious snowflakes who are no doubt being raised to believe that they are somehow smarter, better, more creative and therefore superior to everyone around them and above the law, have to live with RULES. Isn't that just awful? You pay $80,000 to join this country club and guess what -- they don't want your little brat jumping on the chairs!! I mean, can you imagine?

You really need to go jump on some furniture
Why didn't you put that in bold?you wanted to didn't you ?But manners.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't consider jumping on furniture "wracking the place".Its the sign that children need more physical activity.
I have a different approach and think that trully free person can't be raised in prison.And I don't want him to be raised with bunch of psychological problems,supressed by opinion of this materialistic society .I try to explain what's good or bed,but that would not include "jumping on furniture".

a truly free person has to live by himself because society doesn't work that way.

Guess what, idiot. There are no "truly free persons." You, and your precious snowflakes who are no doubt being raised to believe that they are somehow smarter, better, more creative and therefore superior to everyone around them and above the law, have to live with RULES. Isn't that just awful? You pay $80,000 to join this country club and guess what -- they don't want your little brat jumping on the chairs!! I mean, can you imagine?

You really need to go jump on some furniture
Why didn't you put that in bold?you wanted to didn't you ?But manners.

Furniture is not made to be jumped on. A trampoline, yes, chairs no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What I can't believe is that people here already started to judge children.Do you remember yourselves?Jesus Christ!

I think people are judging the parents of the kids in the cc club rather than the kids themselves. Yes, kids do naughty things, and that's why parents should be more diligent about watching their kids, especially in a shared public space.

I'd have gotten my hide tanned if I'd acted like this and my parents found out.

+1

Also, because lazy parents (rich or poor) pride themselves on "finding ways" to buck the system. If it means dropping your unsupervised brats off at the cc, so be it - fellow paying members be damned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do rich people like to air their dirty laundry in public. The CC letter should have stayed private just like the letter to STA boys about being nicer to NCS girls.

I don't think it's a rich thing. It's a "look at me, look at me, look at me..." thing. I have seen quite a few poor people bring attention to themselves repeatedly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't consider jumping on furniture "wracking the place".Its the sign that children need more physical activity.
I have a different approach and think that trully free person can't be raised in prison.And I don't want him to be raised with bunch of psychological problems,supressed by opinion of this materialistic society .I try to explain what's good or bed,but that would not include "jumping on furniture".

Jumping on the furniture is a sign that children are mannerless brats. Whatever your level of physical activity or imprisonment, you can behave with good manners. But I've heard before that behaving with good manners all the time is middle class, while upper class only use good manners in front of the right people.

"Goodness gracious!! You actually want them to tell their children 'no'?????" :sarcasm: Try coming over my house and pulling that crap. I'll school your snowflake.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do rich people like to air their dirty laundry in public. The CC letter should have stayed private just like the letter to STA boys about being nicer to NCS girls.

I don't think it's a rich thing. It's a "look at me, look at me, look at me..." thing. I have seen quite a few poor people bring attention to themselves repeatedly.

+1

NOT in a good way!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't consider jumping on furniture "wracking the place".Its the sign that children need more physical activity.
I have a different approach and think that trully free person can't be raised in prison.And I don't want him to be raised with bunch of psychological problems,supressed by opinion of this materialistic society .I try to explain what's good or bed,but that would not include "jumping on furniture".

a truly free person has to live by himself because society doesn't work that way.

Guess what, idiot. There are no "truly free persons." You, and your precious snowflakes who are no doubt being raised to believe that they are somehow smarter, better, more creative and therefore superior to everyone around them and above the law, have to live with RULES. Isn't that just awful? You pay $80,000 to join this country club and guess what -- they don't want your little brat jumping on the chairs!! I mean, can you imagine?

You really need to go jump on some furniture
Why didn't you put that in bold?you wanted to didn't you ?But manners.

Furniture is not made to be jumped on. A trampoline, yes, chairs no.

+1

I'm the kind of person who will run around, twirl, and jump with my kid. He likes to be active and figure out where boundaries are in regards to jumping and balancing--I'm putting him in gymnastics classes soon for sure. But neither of us jump on furniture. I don't belong to a country club (I actually used to be a server at Chevy Chase Club about 10 years ago, actually), but all SES-es can agree upon boundaries like this. If furniture breaks, there are consequences. And if the furniture in question doesn't belong to you, there should be stricter consequences. Just like if you break anything that doesn't belong to you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OK, I think this is the time to tell an anecdote of the last time I was at Chevy.


I grew up going there and was recently home visiting my parents for Christmas (I live in Los Angeles now)

I went to the bathroom and while in there a group of young girls were milling around, playing with the hairbrushes and kind of joking with each other. I noticed that one of the girls seemed kind of bossy, but thought nothing of it when I walked up to wash my hands.

The bossy one came up to me and asked how old I was.

Thinking they were sweet little girls, I gave them and a big smile and told them my age, 26.

The girl immediately glared at me and informed me that I dont look 26, I look like a teenager. (This was not intended as a compliment, I can assure you)

This seemed to break some kind of onslaught, and as I dried my hands, one of them shouted at me that she hated my dress.

It was really SO bizarre, and I kind of wanted to say something back, or tell them that they were being completely out of line. But then I realized that I was genuinely thinking of insulting a bunch of ten year olds, so I didn't do it.

BUT I dont think I've ever been so appalled by the behavior of kids. It was really strange.

As I walked away from the bathroom I could hear them saying stuff to a woman who had walked in.

It was pretty gross, like Mean Girls Chevy Edition.

If that's what the kids are like now, I'm glad Chevy is doing something.

So obviously not true.

+1

even 10 year old spoiled brats don't speak or behave that way

You know we had similar situation with my DH recently.We were driving in different state and stopped to use the restroom.I had to go and my DH was waiting for me outside.My husband told me after that some group of girls(9-12 years old) came to him and yelled at him asking :"Do you want to be pied???"
They had some sort of pies in their hands.He said it was the weirdest thing.

They asked politely, he declined and that was the end of it. Who are you to judge them?
FWIW, people pay a lot of money to be pied. Check out craigslist sometime

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do rich people like to air their dirty laundry in public. The CC letter should have stayed private just like the letter to STA boys about being nicer to NCS girls.

I don't think it's a rich thing. It's a "look at me, look at me, look at me..." thing. I have seen quite a few poor people bring attention to themselves repeatedly.

+1

NOT in a good way!

Can you link to a WaPo article where somebody other than rich people have sent information to the Post about their community acting badly and the Post printed it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't consider jumping on furniture "wracking the place".Its the sign that children need more physical activity.
I have a different approach and think that trully free person can't be raised in prison.And I don't want him to be raised with bunch of psychological problems,supressed by opinion of this materialistic society .I try to explain what's good or bed,but that would not include "jumping on furniture".

a truly free person has to live by himself because society doesn't work that way.

Guess what, idiot. There are no "truly free persons." You, and your precious snowflakes who are no doubt being raised to believe that they are somehow smarter, better, more creative and therefore superior to everyone around them and above the law, have to live with RULES. Isn't that just awful? You pay $80,000 to join this country club and guess what -- they don't want your little brat jumping on the chairs!! I mean, can you imagine?

What nice manners you have! Do you call people idiots in real life? How about in front of your children. Do you refer to people's children as "precious snowflakes" IRL? Practice what you preach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I think this is the time to tell an anecdote of the last time I was at Chevy.


I grew up going there and was recently home visiting my parents for Christmas (I live in Los Angeles now)

I went to the bathroom and while in there a group of young girls were milling around, playing with the hairbrushes and kind of joking with each other. I noticed that one of the girls seemed kind of bossy, but thought nothing of it when I walked up to wash my hands.

The bossy one came up to me and asked how old I was.

Thinking they were sweet little girls, I gave them and a big smile and told them my age, 26.

The girl immediately glared at me and informed me that I dont look 26, I look like a teenager. (This was not intended as a compliment, I can assure you)

This seemed to break some kind of onslaught, and as I dried my hands, one of them shouted at me that she hated my dress.

It was really SO bizarre, and I kind of wanted to say something back, or tell them that they were being completely out of line. But then I realized that I was genuinely thinking of insulting a bunch of ten year olds, so I didn't do it.

BUT I dont think I've ever been so appalled by the behavior of kids. It was really strange.

As I walked away from the bathroom I could hear them saying stuff to a woman who had walked in.

It was pretty gross, like Mean Girls Chevy Edition.

If that's what the kids are like now, I'm glad Chevy is doing something.

So obviously not true.

+1

even 10 year old spoiled brats don't speak or behave that way

You know we had similar situation with my DH recently.We were driving in different state and stopped to use the restroom.I had to go and my DH was waiting for me outside.My husband told me after that some group of girls(9-12 years old) came to him and yelled at him asking :"Do you want to be pied???"
They had some sort of pies in their hands.He said it was the weirdest thing.

They asked politely, he declined and that was the end of it. Who are you to judge them?
FWIW, people pay a lot of money to be pied. Check out craigslist sometime

Love this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you ought to cc mom over on the anti spanking semantics thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't consider jumping on furniture "wracking the place".Its the sign that children need more physical activity.
I have a different approach and think that trully free person can't be raised in prison.And I don't want him to be raised with bunch of psychological problems,supressed by opinion of this materialistic society .I try to explain what's good or bed,but that would not include "jumping on furniture".

a truly free person has to live by himself because society doesn't work that way.

I think most of adults need to take some time off and go jump on furniture.It would help to deal with many issues.

Only other people's furniture, of course. You don't want to break your own things.

You know I grew up with father being antique collector.We had some 18th century chairs in the living room and one day I was playing actively and the chair fell down.Since it was so old it just fell apart.I got so scared that my father will kill me.He smiled at me and said :"Dont worry about it they were very old."

Dig that passive voice! "Playing actively," "the chair fell down," "it just fell apart." You must be, if not literally, spiritually one of the terrible parents who belong to the country club.

I noticed the wording, too.