Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 17:49     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:I got barked at with some regularity when I was in high school but i think it was more common to call unattractive girls "dogs" back in the day.



+1 and I wouldn’t necessarily jump to it being an insult/calling her ugly in this day and age.

But I definitely wouldn’t like it if my son was doing it and I wouldn’t like it if my daughter was barked at. At best, it’s a boy crudely trying to get her attention. At worst, it’s basically a cat call.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 17:22     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That’s hilarious!


Insulting women is hilarious to you. This says more about YOU than you think.

OP, it's an insult about the way she looks. This behavior is an old as the hills. Watch thinks like Grease or movies of the 50-80s. Uncontrolled bully boys bark at "ugly" girls.


How do you know the intent of a random teenage boy acting in a situation you didn’t observe?

Yes it’s still funny.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 16:21     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:This was a kid in a car. Kids are weird. And the car makes them feel anonymous and protected.


Adults too, often feel protected and more aggressive in a vehicle. Then they road rage and insult someone who doesn't put up with it and it can turn deadly fast.

"Drive friendly" as the saying goes, cause you never know how dangerous the person in the other vehicle really is.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 08:07     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Barking is not just weird. It’s so pathetic that mothers of sons are acting like the more reasonable explanation of this boy feeling entitled to insult this girl is impossible.

Girls aren’t “sluts.” Were none of you actual girls?


I have a teen boy and as a woman who was once a girl and a decent human being I would never refer to anyone as a slut, much less a teen girl. That's despicable and wrong on so many levels. It just speaks to their hatred of women and girls.

But please don't think that every boy who does something dumb like bark is doing it to insult a girl. They are kids and do dumb shit. If I heard my son barking at a girl, I'd tell him to never to do that again and that it's not acceptable, of course. But it's really not that deep.


If your son does this, the problem is you, your husband, and his friends. I also have sons who don't behave this way. If I even saw their friends behave this way it would prompt a very uncomfortable talk for them. And I might even mention it to the kid's mom if I knew her well enough. My sons have learned what is appropriate behavior and what is not. So have my daughters. It's our job as parents and we need to take it seriously.


My kids accuse me of being Greg Heffley's mom in Diary of a Wimpy kid. I kind of take it like a compliment. She's involved and loving. Her kids make mistakes and she guides them. It's our job.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 08:01     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:This was a kid in a car. Kids are weird. And the car makes them feel anonymous and protected.


And the driver, clearly old enough to drive didn't have sense to prevent this.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:58     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is this about? My DD14 didn’t know and honestly wasn’t outwardly bothered, but I’m curious what this little twerp was attempting to gain.


"Just a Gdawg saying hi to a cute kitten?" That came up in a search of recent trends. If the girl likes the guy back, she is supposed to purr.


If I caught my daughter purring, we would have a conversation. If a boy barked at her, we would have a conversation. See how this parenting gig works? You see something, you talk about something. It's not that hard. What bad parents do is explain away and ignore. Then their kids run up to their rooms and doomscroll social media - what could go wrong?
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:54     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Barking is not just weird. It’s so pathetic that mothers of sons are acting like the more reasonable explanation of this boy feeling entitled to insult this girl is impossible.

Girls aren’t “sluts.” Were none of you actual girls?


I have a teen boy and as a woman who was once a girl and a decent human being I would never refer to anyone as a slut, much less a teen girl. That's despicable and wrong on so many levels. It just speaks to their hatred of women and girls.

But please don't think that every boy who does something dumb like bark is doing it to insult a girl. They are kids and do dumb shit. If I heard my son barking at a girl, I'd tell him to never to do that again and that it's not acceptable, of course. But it's really not that deep.


If your son does this, the problem is you, your husband, and his friends. I also have sons who don't behave this way. If I even saw their friends behave this way it would prompt a very uncomfortable talk for them. And I might even mention it to the kid's mom if I knew her well enough. My sons have learned what is appropriate behavior and what is not. So have my daughters. It's our job as parents and we need to take it seriously.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:50     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:Barking is not just weird. It’s so pathetic that mothers of sons are acting like the more reasonable explanation of this boy feeling entitled to insult this girl is impossible.

Girls aren’t “sluts.” Were none of you actual girls?


+1

This! It's women proliferating sexism - against themselves, their daughters, and their granddaughters. I'm still having a hard time believing there are women who have been brainwashed or hate themselves this much. Unreal what we are living.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:47     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:I agree this falls under “kids are weird”. I’m also not sure it’s a phenomenon limited to teens. One of my favorite memories was taking my 2 year old daughter to visit another family’s house where their 6 year old son was pretending to be a dog – crawling around on all fours, barking, and so on. It went on long enough to begin to feel annoying to me. But then my daughter leaned over and whispered in my ear, “Daddy, I LOVE him.” I asked if she wanted to say hi to the boy, so she walked over and sat next to him and said “hi”. It completely threw the boy off and he was quiet for the rest of our visit.


This is a child's behavior. I really hope teens are beyond this normal developmental milestone. When DD was 4 she wanted to be a fish when she grew up. As a 15 year old, she thinks being a doctor is the better option to train for.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:45     Subject: Re:A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:Teen boys are dumb. It’s really nothing.

And teen girls are dumb too


YOUR teens are dumb. Mine don't behave like this. Behavior is learned at home first, school second. Both environments have been cultivated for/by us.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:43     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Oh, how precious that you’re puzzling over a boy barking at some random girl! Your DD14 didn’t bat an eye, but you, you clever thing, just can’t resist dissecting this twerp’s brilliant strategy—flirting or foolishness? You’re too kind to care so much!


Is another #boymom hogging that one brain cell you all share?


+1
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:41     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What is this about? My DD14 didn’t know and honestly wasn’t outwardly bothered, but I’m curious what this little twerp was attempting to gain.


Hint - most teen boys are not that manipulative and they have zero impulse control, so not sure what you mean about attempting to gain.


+1
Impulse control and executive functioning skills are mostly learned. (Some/few kids have it innately). Many parents think this is something for girls to learn to be "good girls" and boys don't need this "boys will be boys". It's the mantra of "boy moms" who raise little a$$holes. BTW I'm a mom of teenage boys, both not a "boy mom".
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:38     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:He’s 14. That’s your answer. Ignore.

That said, I have a 13 and 15 year old boys and they would be horrified by that idea

My 15 year old bikes to school. He gets screamed at by cars of girls. No barking but just screaming. Weird but he moves on.


Elvis got screamed at by girls. This is different.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:27     Subject: A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
It is mean. Hopefully, Karma will find him soon.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2025 07:25     Subject: Re:A teen boy BARKED at teen girl?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:As a mom of a 15 year old boy I can tell you that most of the time they are just being extremely dumb, and it's probably nothing to do with your daughter but rather his effort to get her attention.

It’s this. When he’s older, he will be the guy next to you, catcalling and revving his engine at the red light. They don’t know any other way to get female attention.


Yep, and clearly their inept parents didn't clue them in on how to foster a real connection.