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Get off my lawn!
Patrick:
Man I am constantly being looked down on just because I'm 19. Nobody takes me seriously. Which is possibly the most infuriating thing I know of.
Seriously dude, look at Rihanna and look at Kate Nash. Where are they? So-rich-I-don't-have-to-do-fucking-anything-for-the-rest-of-my-lifesville. I bet people take them seriously.
A Wet Helmet:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 09 Mar 2008, 11:02 ---.. As far as I'm concerned, this should also apply to things like watching TV. If two people would rather not, then we shouldn't.
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Oh, hell no.
Lookee here: My kids get a tremendous amount of respect from me. They really do. I earnestly listen to what they have to say and what their wants and desires are and I take them into consideration. I don't want to argue with my kids. I don't want to piss them off. I want them to be happy, and if I can make them happy, so much the better. They are not now --and until they are fully self-sufficient they will not be-- my equal though. There isn't a vote. They are children.
It is my job to raise them. It is my job to ensure that they are prepared to enter the world ready to pursue happiness by whatever means they determine best meets their own personal goals. If I have succeeded as a parent, then they will do that without a) taking a premature dirt nap b) getting a sexually transmitted disease or c) going to jail.
In the meantime, I determine what is best for them --taking into consideration their wants-- and they do what I tell them, or face the consequences. So though I personally don't think watching sports on tv during dinner is appropriate, I do see the fallacy of thinking there is equal voice. "We outnumber you and we all want to eat ice cream for supper so that's what we're going to have."
Wrong.
0bsessions:
You are noting that his mom agreed, correct?
I'm sorry, but his dad was being a tit if that story's to be believed. If both his partner and her son, who is easily old enough to input a valid opinion I add, feel he is committing a faux pas, he should respect the wishes of the majority. The "my house" thing in particular is just horribly dismissive and incredibly overbearing a response.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: A Wet Helmet on 09 Mar 2008, 11:27 ---Wrong.
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Just because it works for you doesn't mean the other person is absolutely wrong.
Besides, I tend to disagree. At some point you've got to let the kid start making their own decisions, and it is your responsibility as a decent human being to advise them of the best way, but to still let them do what they want to (within reason, cocaine is always a terrible idea) and learn from their own mistakes.
And I'm with Jon. That is one of the rudest things anybody can say. My mother does it to me all the time ("it's MY computer"), and when she does, I have this almost overwhelming urge to grab the largest magnet I can find and have a little party with her hard drive.
0bsessions:
My parents knew better than to pull that when I was a teenager. They acknowledged early on that it would be rather unfair to claim "mine" "mine" when half the electronics in the house would fall apart without my maintenance.
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