Chevy Chase Club to Parents: Your kids are brats

[Anonymous]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2015/05/27/tony-chevy-chase-club-to-parents-your-kids-are-brats/?hpid=z4

Free range parenting for the 1%?

[Anonymous]

Hilarious. Please, anyone who can provide additional details -- do tell!

[Anonymous]

I am shocked the brats are not called out more often. Usually the smug parents have that "go ahead, say something" look on their ugly faces. Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Great stuff.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Somehow Old Money will never seem the same again.

[Anonymous]

ALL kids are brats. Everyone should take note and learn how to parent a little better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Somehow Old Money will never seem the same again.

I suspect there's a lot of Not Old Money at Chevy now.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

I went to a big three and the meanest kids in the school all belonged to chevy chase. My sibling had friends who belonged so she went and was appalled at how poorly the kids treated the staff, most of whom were minorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Somehow Old Money will never seem the same again.

I suspect there's a lot of Not Old Money at Chevy now.

Ah yes, it's all the fault of those nouveau riche social climbers. Who let those people in, anyway?

[Anonymous]

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.

What a crazy story! You were way more easy-going than I would have been. I would have busted them big time. but then I'm old (44) and have zero tolerance for lip from kids.

[Anonymous]

I go to one of these and I have NO problem calling kids out. There parents do not, and the staff is too scared to, so someone has to.

Some of the behavior is atrocious!