It’s official. Your kids are out of control people.

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Some of it is truly bratty behavior, but I think there are also a ton more kids with SN issues- mild or otherwise - that can make people like OP come here with her judgy post.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again. I don’t even think it’s generational. I’m 43 with a 5 year old and have peers the same age with same kids. One of their kids was walking around hitting people with his shoe while the dad (who is otherwise a lovely person) just laughed. Another person I know close in age to me was the one allowing her 7 year old to flip out about getting a game.

Believe me, your perfect angel does bratty stuff too

Of course he does- misbehaving is a hallmark of childhood. But I correct and call him out on it. My observation isn’t about “kids these days”. It’s the phenomenon that the parents seem to do nothing to reign them in. So for example if my child was hitting someone with a shoe i would say stop it now or we are leaving the party.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of it is truly bratty behavior, but I think there are also a ton more kids with SN issues- mild or otherwise - that can make people like OP come here with her judgy post.

I am raising a special needs child. IEP since age 3. 30 hours of special needs special education provided by the school district. Three weekly therapies. -op.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally agree. It's like being held hostage -- parents won't say anything and YOU'RE not allowed to say anything to THEIR precious kids, either.

True, but one of the advantages of being/appearing very old is that you can stop giving a damn and start scaring the bratty kids! What are they gonna do really?

+1 I met someone recently at a planning meeting at my home who had needed to bring her 3 1/2 year old. It was informal, he entertained himself with some activities she brought, it was fine ... until it was time to leave. Kid didn't want to go, mom is negotiating. Kid starts throwing things, mom is telling him that's not how we handle toys. Kid head butts me hard in the legs, mom tells him that's not nice. Kid get evil look, whirls around, grabs a completed lego off my shelf, and throws it to the ground. Mom is still negotiating from 6 feet away. Just as he winds up to do a full sweep of the shelf into my face, I grabbed his hands. Mom finally comes to get him saying how hard it is to control kids, excuse, excuse. I'm just thinking - no it's not, just pick him the f0ck up! You are three times his size and handle horses. Good grief!

Saw him again in a couple different settings after this, and he would randomly walk up to adults and hit them or punch them. She seemed to think this was normal. Yikes.

Not excusing the behavior of the mom here but -- my kid started to behave this way at the beginning of PANDAS. It was not like him at all. So heartbreaking to see him behave that way, and he was not like that again after he got antibiotics. Thank God.

MCPS is full of strep.

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Adults are not allowed to correct children anymore. See the thread "Am I not supposed to talk to other people's kids". It's absurd.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/846670.page

At BE even the teachers are not allowed to correct the kids. Totally weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, the teachers who tried to warn y’all were accused of not understanding boys and just generally hating kids. My consolation has been that I have the out of control child for 10 months and the parents have them for years!

I have boys. I believe that teachers do not understand boys. Go ahead and teach them how to behave -- just don't act like there is something wrong with them for needing to be taught it. Punishing is not the only way to teach.

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Anonymous wrote:Adults are not allowed to correct children anymore. See the thread "Am I not supposed to talk to other people's kids". It's absurd.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/846670.page

At BE even the teachers are not allowed to correct the kids. Totally weird.

But they can correct their OWN children right?!

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Anonymous wrote:Adults are not allowed to correct children anymore. See the thread "Am I not supposed to talk to other people's kids". It's absurd.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/846670.page

At BE even the teachers are not allowed to correct the kids. Totally weird.

But they can correct their OWN children right?!

My kids get "counseling sessions" in the classroom periodically where the counselors teach the kids what behavior of their parents is "reportable." No shit, they teach KIDS how to report their own parents. If they are teaching people what behavior is not acceptable, I would imagine teaching the parents would be a much better way to go about it. They are just further undermining the idea that adults have authority over children. Kids are not responsible for making sure parents follow the rules. Sheesh.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again. I don’t even think it’s generational. I’m 43 with a 5 year old and have peers the same age with same kids. One of their kids was walking around hitting people with his shoe while the dad (who is otherwise a lovely person) just laughed. Another person I know close in age to me was the one allowing her 7 year old to flip out about getting a game.

Believe me, your perfect angel does bratty stuff too

Of course he does- misbehaving is a hallmark of childhood. But I correct and call him out on it. My observation isn’t about “kids these days”. It’s the phenomenon that the parents seem to do nothing to reign them in. So for example if my child was hitting someone with a shoe i would say stop it now or we are leaving the party.

So would almost everyone on earth. Give me a break. This is such a ridiculous post. Are you on the spectrum OP?

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Anonymous wrote:Op again. I don’t even think it’s generational. I’m 43 with a 5 year old and have peers the same age with same kids. One of their kids was walking around hitting people with his shoe while the dad (who is otherwise a lovely person) just laughed. Another person I know close in age to me was the one allowing her 7 year old to flip out about getting a game.

Believe me, your perfect angel does bratty stuff too

Of course he does- misbehaving is a hallmark of childhood. But I correct and call him out on it. My observation isn’t about “kids these days”. It’s the phenomenon that the parents seem to do nothing to reign them in. So for example if my child was hitting someone with a shoe i would say stop it now or we are leaving the party.

So would almost everyone on earth. Give me a break. This is such a ridiculous post. Are you on the spectrum OP?

LOL except the parents mentioned on this thread.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again. I don’t even think it’s generational. I’m 43 with a 5 year old and have peers the same age with same kids. One of their kids was walking around hitting people with his shoe while the dad (who is otherwise a lovely person) just laughed. Another person I know close in age to me was the one allowing her 7 year old to flip out about getting a game.

Believe me, your perfect angel does bratty stuff too

Of course he does- misbehaving is a hallmark of childhood. But I correct and call him out on it. My observation isn’t about “kids these days”. It’s the phenomenon that the parents seem to do nothing to reign them in. So for example if my child was hitting someone with a shoe i would say stop it now or we are leaving the party.

So would almost everyone on earth. Give me a break. This is such a ridiculous post. Are you on the spectrum OP?

LOL except the parents mentioned on this thread.

Show me where someone said if their kids were hitting someone with a shoe they would not tell them to stop.

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I’ve seen kids like this and think the same thing. Lucky I have well behaved children, but I do correct them and I correct other kids when they are rude, out of control or just testing boundaries. But I also speak kindly to kids often, am generous and fun otherwise. I’m 43, a parent of a 7 and 10 year old, live in DC. I saw the other thread where a mom was getting a ton of clack for gently correcting another child’s behavior. We’re racists nation of toddlers if adults can’t teach and expect basic standards of civility. Hence, Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:Op again. I don’t even think it’s generational. I’m 43 with a 5 year old and have peers the same age with same kids. One of their kids was walking around hitting people with his shoe while the dad (who is otherwise a lovely person) just laughed. Another person I know close in age to me was the one allowing her 7 year old to flip out about getting a game.

Believe me, your perfect angel does bratty stuff too

Of course he does- misbehaving is a hallmark of childhood. But I correct and call him out on it. My observation isn’t about “kids these days”. It’s the phenomenon that the parents seem to do nothing to reign them in. So for example if my child was hitting someone with a shoe i would say stop it now or we are leaving the party.

So would almost everyone on earth. Give me a break. This is such a ridiculous post. Are you on the spectrum OP?

LOL except the parents mentioned on this thread.

Show me where someone said if their kids were hitting someone with a shoe they would not tell them to stop.

Jesus, PP, it's in the bit you pasted above.

"One of their kids was walking around hitting people with his shoe while the dad (who is otherwise a lovely person) just laughed."

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Anonymous wrote:I had to laugh last spring when my HS student walked up to the street after sports practice to meet me at her younger sister's after school event on the playground.

She was aghast that kids were climbing up and hanging off the basketball rims, flipping the swings over the top of the swingset, and a boatload of other bad behaviors with parents and (Millennial) teachers in attendance. "If I had done that and any teacher saw it, I would have been sitting against the wall for the entire time. Even at a 6 p.m. event! These kids are animals! Where are their parents!?"

Yup.

My 16YO DS is a lifeguard, and after the first week he turned into a whistle-happy, grumpy old man. "What's with these kids? Where are their parents? Someone is going to get hurt!"

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Anonymous wrote:Op again. I don’t even think it’s generational. I’m 43 with a 5 year old and have peers the same age with same kids. One of their kids was walking around hitting people with his shoe while the dad (who is otherwise a lovely person) just laughed. Another person I know close in age to me was the one allowing her 7 year old to flip out about getting a game.

Believe me, your perfect angel does bratty stuff too

Of course he does- misbehaving is a hallmark of childhood. But I correct and call him out on it. My observation isn’t about “kids these days”. It’s the phenomenon that the parents seem to do nothing to reign them in. So for example if my child was hitting someone with a shoe i would say stop it now or we are leaving the party.

So would almost everyone on earth. Give me a break. This is such a ridiculous post. Are you on the spectrum OP?

LOL except the parents mentioned on this thread.

Show me where someone said if their kids were hitting someone with a shoe they would not tell them to stop.

Jesus, PP, it's in the bit you pasted above.

"One of their kids was walking around hitting people with his shoe while the dad (who is otherwise a lovely person) just laughed."

My point is that that is absolutely not the norm and it is ridiculous to imply that it is.