ungrateful kids

[eSJay]

I don’t rant all that much really, but I honestly believe that kids have changed. I see so many of them that are ungrateful these days.
Prime Example: We had a surprise birthday party for my teenage daughter on Sunday. My wife coordinated the party with several of my daughter’s friends so that she would pick them up & go to her favorite restaurant and eventually I would bring my daughter to be surprised by her friends. Well, we pulled it off & she was genuinely surprised. I dropped a couple hundo on this gig & it blew my mind when NONE of the kids said thank you, kiss my booty, nada! My daughter was very appreciative however.

Was I expecting too much by thinking they should have at least said thank you for the meal I just fed them?

I know I'm guilty of spoiling my kids, but are parents to blame for this or society or both?

[jkb87]

parents are the blame cause too many of them now days would rather be a friend and not a dad or mom.... not enuff of them now days will jerk a knot in their kids ass like my dad still would do to me..... you can only blame kids so much..... they gonna do exactly what they got away with..... all kids are that way..... when parents let them do it, they gonna do it......


my two cent

[parker m]

++++++1OOOO

[gadwall2]

No brainer.....parents! Cant use the "society" scapegoat. My kids are My responsibility...not society's! And i'll be damned if i'm gonna let society raise my kids. If all parents will just teach them the basic rules of respect this world would be such a better place.

Respect God, respect your parents, respect your fellow man, respect the value of a dollar and what it takes to get that dollar, respect yourself, and respect your freedom. If you fail to respect these things, and take them for granted, your life will eventually end up in turmoil.

[Gottahunt]

Parents are to blame = period. I was brought up to say "enjoyed it" at a very minimum when provided a meal either by my mother, other family, friends - whatever. It didn't matter whether I had to eat a plate of dog shat with a side of cat hairball and a glass of dirty dishwater to wash it down with. I was to made to make some comment about being thankful that someone prepared and/or provided a meal for me.

I think this goes back many years. We have it so good nowdays with plenty to eat and food always available. I can still see the tears welling in my grandmother's eyes when she spoke of the 1920's and 30's and being scared because all there was to eat in the house was a few sweet potatos and had no idea where the next meal was coming from - and lived like this through the depression. They were not lazy, but simply were dirt poor and didn't have anything. It used to be an honor and privilege to get an invitation for a meal. Not anymore, we simply have it too good, and have forgotten to be thankful.

Sorry to ramble. Great post - it struck an emotion.

eSJay, sounds like you're doing a good job raising your daughter - at least she was thankful.

[dukluk]

I had a black neighbor once with five girls and one boy....I love what their daddy once said, "Dey all need dey booty whooped, everday, and I'm gonna start wit dat boy!!!"

[DeltaCotton12]

I'll tell you something that helped me when I was a young pup. A job. Some type of responsibility. Whether it be sweep the floor or answer phone calls. Just the feeling of I was apart of the team made a huge difference. Then come pay day I realized what my work was for. It was much harder to spend a dollar that I made than it was to spend 20 bucks of pop's money. That still holds true today.

[SFDdelta1]

yep i love the my kid would never do that here at the center

but the other day i had to go down jh practice to take some stuff to a coach. Their practice had just ended and one of the guys kids was running after practice.

Well his dad was watching from the 5th and 6th grade practice right down from where we at so he calls me wants to know why his kid is running. So i find out he had smarted off to the coach and his dad said he would take care of it when he got home. Found out the next day tore his ass up over it.

Isent that the way it used to be. I know my dad tore my ass up when i was stupid enough to do something liek that

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[dadbennett]

It's all in the way they're raised. The parents probably act the same way. But, on another note........I think I'm gonna go kill a Large, Mature, North American Whitetail BUCK!!! IN THE MORNING!!!!

[quack_a_tack]

parents are the blame cause too many of them now days would rather be a friend and not a dad or mom.... not enuff of them now days will jerk a knot in their kids !@# like my dad still would do to me..... you can only blame kids so much..... they gonna do exactly what they got away with..... all kids are that way..... when parents let them do it, they gonna do it......


my two cent

I totally agree. Just today saw a women and her daughter in a convinience store, at first I couldn't tell mother from daughter. They were both wearing way to lil clothing the mother evidently condoned the teen ager to wear a pair of shorts with literally half of each cheek hanging out the bottom. They didn't speak to each other like mother and daughter either you would have thought they went to the bar and got tanked up together last night. The mom was smokin by the way.

[JMCMILLIN]

u hit it on the head!!! i see it everyday

parents are the blame cause too many of them now days would rather be a friend and not a dad or mom.... not enuff of them now days will jerk a knot in their kids !@# like my dad still would do to me..... you can only blame kids so much..... they gonna do exactly what they got away with..... all kids are that way..... when parents let them do it, they gonna do it......


my two cent

[Bigpoppa]

I agree that in a lot of cases it is parents fault. I will even say most cases. But I got to tell you folks......say what you want , there are some kids out there that are just worthless regardless of momma and daddy. I am tellin ya.

[jkb87]

I agree that in a lot of cases it is parents fault. I will even say most cases. But I got to tell you folks......say what you want , there are some kids out there that are just worthless regardless of momma and daddy. I am tellin ya.

that mite be the case..... all i know is..... dad would have beat the worthless out of me......

mom would have too.

but i do agree, there are some, that is the case......

i wish there was a gene pool and i could be the lifeguard for one day...... i would kick lots of folks out of the gene pool.

[donia]

i wish there was a gene pool and i could be the lifeguard for one day...... i would kick lots of folks out of the gene pool.

there are definitely some gene pools that need a good bleaching