Most parents suck. (I would rock.)

[chronoaug]

Originally Posted by Magician

Whatever to that stuff, but raising kids with medieval codes of ethics (ie Christianity) is fucked....

Thou shalt not troll

 

[Jerome]

So do most kids.

Conclusion: people mostly suck.

 

[Sherman90]

Originally Posted by Jerome

So do most kids.

Conclusion: people mostly suck.

Agreed.

/thread.

 

[Jerome]

 

[eztantz]

You proclaim:

Originally Posted by Sherman90

I want to share the world with thoughtful, self-reliant, creative people - not procreating ignoramuses.
Yet you say:

Originally Posted by Sherman90

You'd need to understand my rapport with my aunt,

Originally Posted by Sherman90

I've spoken with my aunt very tactfully and naturally (we're close) on a number of occasions about what I think the child needs.
And believe this:

Originally Posted by Sherman90

I've observed personally that, as much as she likes to believe that she constantly gives him what he wants to make HIM happy, it's a replete form of laziness on her part. She simply doesn't want to DEAL with his crying. In short, she doesn't want to accept that she's a parent and he's a CHILD.
Huh?

 

[Sherman90]

Originally Posted by eztantz

Huh?

I'm not able to connect the dots. Care to spell this one out? Here are my thoughts: 1. I like thoughtful people and I think children can and should be raised to become thoughtful adults. 2. I tend not to tell parents how to do their job (of raising thoughtful children) because of a) the stigma attached to doing so and b) because I'm often not in a position to know what a child and his/her parent needs. 3. I have taken steps to advise my aunt on her role as a mother because requirements a) and b) above were met. That is, we are very close and I have observed real deficiencies in her rearing my cousin over time. 4. I believe my aunt does not perceive her deficiencies as deficiencies. 5. I love my aunt and my cousin. /brain sex

 

[GQgeek]

If my kids misbehave, I'm sending them to bootcamp at GlobeTrotter's. I'm sure that he'd be happy to receive them. They couldn't be worse than his mother-in-law, after all.

 

[eztantz]

Originally Posted by Sherman90

I'm not able to connect the dots. Care to spell this one out?

No offense but from what you said it seems your aunt is a procreating ignoramus

and you seem to not have much of an issue sharing your world with her.

 

[Sherman90]

Originally Posted by eztantz

No offense but from what you said it seems your aunt is a procreating ignoramus and you seem to not have much of an issue sharing your world with her.

We're all ignoramuses, dude. Possessing special insight that a loved one doesn't is no reason to feel false pride; it's reason to love and to help according to my ability. ?

 

[eztantz]

Originally Posted by Sherman90

We're all ignoramuses, dude.

Speak for yourself.

Originally Posted by Sherman90

Possessing special insight that a loved one doesn't is no reason to feel false pride; it's reason to love and to help according to my ability.

This was never a point of debate. I was merely playing off your comment about procreating

ignoramuses and was confused as to why your aunt was any different. Thats all.

 

[KPO89]

Originally Posted by Sherman90

We're all ignoramuses, dude. Possessing special insight that a loved one doesn't is no reason to feel false pride; it's reason to love and to help according to my ability.

?

Why bother the kid then if we are all just the same....hell why bother anyone.

 

[Sherman90]

Originally Posted by eztantz

Speak for yourself.
I suppose having a picture of Oscar Wilde next to your name is supposed to signify that you're somehow above the human condition. Well, when you find the time let us all know what it's like to have an illumined mind. You might want to give Oscar a call on that one, too.

Originally Posted by KPO89

Why bother the kid then if we are all just the same....hell why bother anyone.
Because...

Originally Posted by Sherman90

Possessing special insight that a loved one doesn't is...reason to love and to help according to my ability. ?

 

[acidboy]

Originally Posted by Thomas

Our son's nanny told us that we were the strictest parents she'd ever worked for. In return, I smacked her across the mouth with the back of my hand and told her to never talk back to us.

bah. you cannot get good illegal migrant workers these days. I feel for you, señor!

 

[Teacher]

Originally Posted by acidboy

bah. you cannot get good illegal migrant workers these days. I feel for you, señor!

Well, not ones whose English is worth a damn, anyway. We might have to resort to smuggling in some Irish au pairs.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by acidboy

bah. you cannot get good illegal migrant workers these days. I feel for you, señor!

Actually, the illegals are the ones worth having. Once they're legal, they become Los Americanos and start to relax. Integracion FTL.

Originally Posted by Teacher

Well, not ones whose English is worth a damn, anyway. We might have to resort to smuggling in some Irish au pairs.

Oh, I think you hold their English to a higher standard than the rest of us. I'm perfectly happy to deal with a mixture of English, Spanish, Creole, and Texican, coupled with sign language, pantomime, and the occasional shrug.

Hey, speaking of, we have a bunch of guys who hand out business cards for their random services. Do you mark up their business cards for grammatical errors and return them?