Post by Shock on Oct 3, 2006 10:38:56 GMT -5
So I was catching up on the news last week and stumbled across something that made me have a "What in the Hell moment". According to a story on MSN, a parent was arrested for rewarding a child for doing his homework by having a little family wacky-weed time. This blows my mind. So today I want to look at some other stupid parenting things I've been privileged to witnessing.
Before I move on, I want to take a deeper look at the MSN story. When I read this, my head almost exploded trying to fathom this. So, one can reasonably deduct from the situation, that the child wasn't doing his homework...after all, an incentive was needed to get it completed. Now I don't know about the rest of you, but I've know me some tree-hugging, petiole oil wearing, ganja smoking burnouts in my day and promptness and motivation weren't their strongest characteristics. So I'm thinking that if the kid is already lacking that drive and determination...maybe pot isn't the best route to go. Is this not basically the equilivant of giving an ADHD kid a Red Bull or an insomniac a NoDoz. I'm thinking that if this HAD to be done...I would go with some sort of amphetamine. Give the kid a jolt. Give him PowerBar and draw out a line of cocaine and see if he can't get the whole semester's work done in one night.
Another great example of parenting I've seen on display recently is guaranteed to scar a child. I was at a game, just enjoying the day when the little boy in front of me starting screaming like crazy. The little guy looked like he was 3...or maybe 4. He and his mother would never be mistaken for royalty and this was why I really wasn't surprised when all the kid had on was a diaper. It may have been some sort of pull up thing, I'm not sure. It just seemed odd for a kid this old to still be in diapers. Anyways, the little guy just keeps yelling and screaming. The little illegitimate son of a gun was wanting his daddy. After about five minutes of completely ignoring her screaming child, the lady turned to him and said "YOU DON'T HAVE A DADDY!" My jaw hit the floor. Did I really just hear that. Hell, I was thinking it, but I wouldn't have even said it to him. The little brat shut up after these great words of encouragement left his "loving" mother's lips, but you would have to think that this is gonna be with this little guy from here on out. All I wanted to do was laugh my ass off, but I knew I shouldn't... at least not until I got out of earshot....then I almost pissed my pants from laughing so hard.
This one came from my trip to the zoo this past weekend. I know what all of you are thinking... "what in the hell is Randy doing at the zoo?"... well all I have to say is MONKEYS and MOMMIES. To take a line from a song that is in some gay-ass musical..."These are a few of my favorite things!!!" The zoo allows me to see animals that will eat and throw their own feces at the same place as I can see hundreds of young mothers pushing their little rugrats around while Dad sits at home and watches his college football. God bless the zoo!!! I've gotten off topic, so let me get back to the screwed up parenting. This example doesn't actually involve parents...but grandparents. They can be just as guilty. As I walk by an ammonia stinking cage that has some sort of feline animal sitting on tops of rocks looking out the top of the cage, out to the free world, I hear a little kid say, "He looks sad...why does he look so sad?" Grandma steps right up to the plate here and takes a swing..."If you were stuck in a cage all of your life wouldn't you be sad too?" That a girl granny. Way to ruin the zoo for this little guy. What's next...ya gonna take a little trip to the slaughter house and let junior pick out tonight's dinner. Or how about to the abortion clinic and tell him that mommy thought about doing this with him. WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?!
People wonder what is wrong with the youth of our country and I've got the answers...PARENTS! Most of the little brats I know have parents that want to tell me how society today has turned their child into what he/she is today. NO...IT'S NOT SOCIETY, IT'S YOU, because I know the friends of your kid, and I know his mom and dad, and I know they will beat his ass if he cusses at them or tells them no. You say that you just want to give them everything you didn't have. That's fine with me...spoil them all you want...but more importantly instill the fear of God in them. I guarantee a kid will be better off knowing that if he doesn't do his homework you will whip his ass until he can't sit down without a hemorrhoid cushion than he will if he does it so he can smoke one with mommy.
The point of this story is simple ladies and gentlemen. I don't care how great or screwed up your childhood was... we all have the same opportunity as adults. If you let your past control your future then that was you're choice...not you're destiny. So be an adult... but more importantly be a parent and quit blaming everyone and everything else for your and your child's problems.
DEAL WITH IT!
Randy Daily
Before I move on, I want to take a deeper look at the MSN story. When I read this, my head almost exploded trying to fathom this. So, one can reasonably deduct from the situation, that the child wasn't doing his homework...after all, an incentive was needed to get it completed. Now I don't know about the rest of you, but I've know me some tree-hugging, petiole oil wearing, ganja smoking burnouts in my day and promptness and motivation weren't their strongest characteristics. So I'm thinking that if the kid is already lacking that drive and determination...maybe pot isn't the best route to go. Is this not basically the equilivant of giving an ADHD kid a Red Bull or an insomniac a NoDoz. I'm thinking that if this HAD to be done...I would go with some sort of amphetamine. Give the kid a jolt. Give him PowerBar and draw out a line of cocaine and see if he can't get the whole semester's work done in one night.
Another great example of parenting I've seen on display recently is guaranteed to scar a child. I was at a game, just enjoying the day when the little boy in front of me starting screaming like crazy. The little guy looked like he was 3...or maybe 4. He and his mother would never be mistaken for royalty and this was why I really wasn't surprised when all the kid had on was a diaper. It may have been some sort of pull up thing, I'm not sure. It just seemed odd for a kid this old to still be in diapers. Anyways, the little guy just keeps yelling and screaming. The little illegitimate son of a gun was wanting his daddy. After about five minutes of completely ignoring her screaming child, the lady turned to him and said "YOU DON'T HAVE A DADDY!" My jaw hit the floor. Did I really just hear that. Hell, I was thinking it, but I wouldn't have even said it to him. The little brat shut up after these great words of encouragement left his "loving" mother's lips, but you would have to think that this is gonna be with this little guy from here on out. All I wanted to do was laugh my ass off, but I knew I shouldn't... at least not until I got out of earshot....then I almost pissed my pants from laughing so hard.
This one came from my trip to the zoo this past weekend. I know what all of you are thinking... "what in the hell is Randy doing at the zoo?"... well all I have to say is MONKEYS and MOMMIES. To take a line from a song that is in some gay-ass musical..."These are a few of my favorite things!!!" The zoo allows me to see animals that will eat and throw their own feces at the same place as I can see hundreds of young mothers pushing their little rugrats around while Dad sits at home and watches his college football. God bless the zoo!!! I've gotten off topic, so let me get back to the screwed up parenting. This example doesn't actually involve parents...but grandparents. They can be just as guilty. As I walk by an ammonia stinking cage that has some sort of feline animal sitting on tops of rocks looking out the top of the cage, out to the free world, I hear a little kid say, "He looks sad...why does he look so sad?" Grandma steps right up to the plate here and takes a swing..."If you were stuck in a cage all of your life wouldn't you be sad too?" That a girl granny. Way to ruin the zoo for this little guy. What's next...ya gonna take a little trip to the slaughter house and let junior pick out tonight's dinner. Or how about to the abortion clinic and tell him that mommy thought about doing this with him. WHAT THE HELL!?!?!?!
People wonder what is wrong with the youth of our country and I've got the answers...PARENTS! Most of the little brats I know have parents that want to tell me how society today has turned their child into what he/she is today. NO...IT'S NOT SOCIETY, IT'S YOU, because I know the friends of your kid, and I know his mom and dad, and I know they will beat his ass if he cusses at them or tells them no. You say that you just want to give them everything you didn't have. That's fine with me...spoil them all you want...but more importantly instill the fear of God in them. I guarantee a kid will be better off knowing that if he doesn't do his homework you will whip his ass until he can't sit down without a hemorrhoid cushion than he will if he does it so he can smoke one with mommy.
The point of this story is simple ladies and gentlemen. I don't care how great or screwed up your childhood was... we all have the same opportunity as adults. If you let your past control your future then that was you're choice...not you're destiny. So be an adult... but more importantly be a parent and quit blaming everyone and everything else for your and your child's problems.
DEAL WITH IT!
Randy Daily