Chevy Chase Club to Parents: Your kids are brats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not new here but I am still stunned that people are defending jumping on the furniture in a place that is not their home.*

*What you do in your own home is your own business. You've got a basement couch that kids can make a fort out of and climb all over or you 18th century antique sofa I don't care, that's your decision.

Fear not, it's only one troll poster, PP. Look at the posts. Same writing style and consistently forgetting to space after a period.

S/he is just here to stir the pot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: I thought the letter he sent out was super helpful. I posted it on my fridge for all 4 of my nannies to review and, fingers crossed, hoping that my kids will read it after their tutors teach them to read. I would be so humiliated if the next letter mentioned my kids by name.

All four of your nannies? Gag me

You clearly don't understand sarcasm, do you?

[Anonymous]

19:25. You have way too much time. As a Bethesda has been, I thought CC was a bit lower end. Back in the day, it was Congressional that had the clout. Kenwood is like the local Y....drop your kids off for swim team and a lunch at the snack bar. CC was not happening. No personality. Congressional was where the old money was...no Georgetown (catholic) types.....high end waspy government types with wispy offspring who did not need to prove anything.
There goes the neighborhood!

[Anonymous]

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One percenters who operate in the corporate world have a different viewpoint. They want kids who are risk takers and who won't take guff. They want a kid who sees a grade of "B" on a test paper as an initial negotiating point.

And after said brat has been "counseled out" of every high profile internship and entry level analyst position (attained via family connections) because no one ever taught them to treat people well, he or she will be back working in the family business---which will promptly be run into the ground. There is a reason for the axiom "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations". Truly smart corporate types know that building and keeping strong relationships with clients, investors, customers, and lenders is the key to continued success and raising children who can interact appropriately is the first step in teaching those skills.

I have never heard this, but it's perfect! I do agree that there must be risk takers in this world, but you can't behave recklessly or that way in all facets of your life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much negative stereotyping about CCC members and rich people. If we substituted "women" "blacks" "blondes" or
many other groups it would be racist, sexist etc. but for some reason it's ok to stereotype CCC members.. I'm a member and pretty much all the kids I know there are well behaved. They certainly are no worse than any other population of kids.

The dues are very high to be a black woman in this society. And I didn't actually join.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: I thought the letter he sent out was super helpful. I posted it on my fridge for all 4 of my nannies to review and, fingers crossed, hoping that my kids will read it after their tutors teach them to read. I would be so humiliated if the next letter mentioned my kids by name.

All four of your nannies? Gag me

T'was a joke...says the mom with 3 jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My children went to private school and grew up at Chevy Chase Club. All schools remember their manners as well as the help and members of Chevy Chase Club. Do not judge all the apples at GIANT because three or four are rotten.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who expect their kids to become doctors and lawyers know that their kids need to behave well, be polite, and conform to social norms.

One percenters who operate in the corporate world have a different viewpoint. They want kids who are risk takers and who won't take guff. They want a kid who sees a grade of "B" on a test paper as an initial negotiating point.

Many country clubs used to be populated by the former group, and, increasingly only the latter, the new money, can afford the fees.

I'm a doctor's kid and both DH and I are lawyers. While I think there's some merit to your argument, I think it's more of a generational thing. At our club we see many Gen X parents who can't be bothered with attending to their children or teaching them manners and respect. It's a lot easier to delude themselves into thinking that their kids will be the next Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg.

[Anonymous]

This thread makes me sick. I fear for our future.

[Anonymous]

19:25. You have way too much time. As a Bethesda has been, I thought CC was a bit lower end. Back in the day, it was Congressional that had the clout. Kenwood is like the local Y....drop your kids off for swim team and a lunch at the snack bar. CC was not happening. No personality. Congressional was where the old money was...no Georgetown (catholic) types.....high end waspy government types with wispy offspring who did not need to prove anything.
There goes the neighborhood!

That's mean
Catholic bashing will get you nowhere. WASPs in my G'town 'hood are cold & unwelcoming; it's the Catholics who are warm and helpful. I guess because they were here 'first' & do not feel threatened by false spinoffs of their church

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:19:25. You have way too much time. As a Bethesda has been, I thought CC was a bit lower end. Back in the day, it was Congressional that had the clout. Kenwood is like the local Y....drop your kids off for swim team and a lunch at the snack bar. CC was not happening. No personality. Congressional was where the old money was...no Georgetown (catholic) types.....high end waspy government types with wispy offspring who did not need to prove anything.
There goes the neighborhood!

That's mean
Catholic bashing will get you nowhere. WASPs in my G'town 'hood are cold & unwelcoming; it's the Catholics who are warm and helpful. I guess because they were here 'first' & do not feel threatened by false spinoffs of their church

Can we stop calling them WASPs if they aren't acting like real Christians? I think that term is misused a lot on DCUM. Why not call the WASA's? A=athiest. Just sayin'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:19:25. You have way too much time. As a Bethesda has been, I thought CC was a bit lower end. Back in the day, it was Congressional that had the clout. Kenwood is like the local Y....drop your kids off for swim team and a lunch at the snack bar. CC was not happening. No personality. Congressional was where the old money was...no Georgetown (catholic) types.....high end waspy government types with wispy offspring who did not need to prove anything.
There goes the neighborhood!

That's mean
Catholic bashing will get you nowhere. WASPs in my G'town 'hood are cold & unwelcoming; it's the Catholics who are warm and helpful. I guess because they were here 'first' & do not feel threatened by false spinoffs of their church

Try, try, try to see why Catholics might earn some well-deserved criticism.

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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.

I noticed the wording, too.

"Mistakes were made."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After spending my weekend at a vacation home next to a wealthy family with kids who don't include mine b/c their daddy doesn't make enough $, I thank you.

Barf. That's awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:19:25. You have way too much time. As a Bethesda has been, I thought CC was a bit lower end. Back in the day, it was Congressional that had the clout. Kenwood is like the local Y....drop your kids off for swim team and a lunch at the snack bar. CC was not happening. No personality. Congressional was where the old money was...no Georgetown (catholic) types.....high end waspy government types with wispy offspring who did not need to prove anything.
There goes the neighborhood!

You know your phrase contradicts itself, right? One gets to be snobbish if they are a government worker? For reals?