Reply to I think I have to end a friendship over their kids

Forum Index » General Parenting Discussion

Reply to "I think I have to end a friendship over their kids"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]People are far more tolerant of kids who are misbehaving when their parents are making an effort to correct the behavior. I have seen it on DS baseball team. There are four boys who are not the most attentive. One has punched, kicked and tripped kids. One just isn't focused but is not a huge distraction, he sort of wanders but his parents are watching and try to redirect him. One who has no interest in playing, tells the Coaches (all volunteers) he won't play and when his Mom forces him to play swings the bat with one hand or plays in the dirt. One who is easily distracted and will goof off but whose parents correct him and insist that he pay attention and be polite.

All four boys can be an issue, for different reasons, but the other parents far prefer the two kids whose parents are involved and correcting the behavior two the other two boys. More then one parent commented that the team would have been far better off without two of the boys.

It is like the kid who is melting down on the plane. Most parents have been there. You don't like it when you are a witness but you feel bad for the parents who are trying to calm the child and are bringing out whatever they can to help the kid settle down. You get angry with the kid who is melting down or behaving badly whose parents just let it go and read their book or play on their tablet.

If a kid is misbehaving they need parents to correct the behavior. It doesn't always work, because kids are kids and it is not easy, but if no effort is being made, then, well, the kid is likely to be a disaster as an adult. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics