"Anger" (GWWE)

I hate parents like that.
What's wrong with being strict? I mean, I don't want parents to slap their kids but she should have scolded the boy.
I know my mumwould would have...

I hope the ice cream is yummy :-)

It upset me--mostly because she just didn't care.

The ice cream was wonderful! :)

I love those nights...don't you, when the kid won't be appeased...and you rock them to sleep and they finally drop off only to wake up when you try to put them in their bed...and my wife slept through it all...the curse of being a light sleeper...

Thank you posting to the Triple Name Club.

I'm not a light sleeper, but my kids always want "Mommy!"

Thanks for commenting, Stephen. :)

Have some tequila with the ice cream. :) I ignored a kid at the mall today, but ended up taking it out on someone who was illegally riding a bike on the sidewalk. I should have just yelled at both of them! LOL (well the mother of the kid anyway).

So I'm walking out of the mall with Walker, in search of a bank. Walker was a few steps ahead of me, since he moves faster. I move slowly, because of my feet, and the fact that I walk with a cane. I'm not skinny, and yes I'm overweight, but my mobility problem has to do with a birth issue, not with my weight.

So I'm walking, and out of the store comes a parent holding a kid by each hand. I tried my best to stop, but when I've build up momentum, and am looking ahead to keep up with Walker, I can not stop quickly, when someone cuts me off. The kid looked up at me, looked to his parent and said "THAT'S A FAT LADY!!!!!!!!!"

Excuse me? The reason why I didn't say anything was because my next move would have been to stick my cane up someone's ass, so I kept going.

Leah, children say--and do--things that are rude, but it's a parent's responsibility to apologize for them. My son speaks his mind, and I spent his early years saying "sorry" to strangers. He's older now and knows to think before he speaks.

Let me say "I'm sorry" for what happened earlier to you, and if it were my child, then I would have offered an apology.

Leah, Hubby and I are both disabled, and because of the disabilities our bodies... well, let's just say, no one will be asking us to be centerfolds any time soon. lol

We're old enough that we usually ignore kids and they usually ignore us. BUT, in the last ten years, I've heard three kids talking about us - twice directly to me. Roughly the same kind of thing said to you. Only once did the dad tell his kid that wasn't nice.

Do me a favor? Next time go with the next action. Shove that cane where it belongs for all of us that stay silent while kids rule and drool. I also know, from experience, they don't change when they grow up.

my boyfriend calls me hitler because of how strict I am with my son. But I think if you dont set ground rules while they are young, you are setting yourself up with problems later in their life. my son knows I'm strict, but at the same time, he listens to me also and knows that I'm unhappy when he's done something wrong. It eats at him until we kiss and make up (which is my secret plan all along). :)

Priya, I understand completely. I am very strict. Sometimes I go to bed and wish there was some other way. But it's just the tough part of being a parent. My kids are full of hugs and kisses too. Kids like boundaries, and I'm glad that you abide by them too! You are not alone! :)

see, so nice we are all on the same page :) I am lucky that my house is also filled with regular hugs and kisses.

I hope you find time--in between the hugs and kisses--to write, Priya. :)

:) absolutely! Your so sweet.

At least Hartsfield has relatively decent accommodations. I used to work for TWA and their hub was Lambert in St. Lewis. That airport sucks worse than any I've ever been in.

I agree. Hartsfield is a decent airport, and I have had many long layovers there. Thanks for commenting on my post, Walker. It was nice to "hear" from you.

I also find myself counting everything for no reason--always have.
I agree. I wonder how much trouble that poor kid has gotten into since. I feel sorry for a kid who grows up not knowing how to be considerate.

You are not alone, John. I have always been that way too!

I feel sorry for the child as well. Kids crave boundaries.

In repsonse to your comment on my other post, July is National Ice Cream Month. :)

I'll have to consider getting an old hand-crank ice cream maker by July. If you crank hard enough long enough, you can't beat it with an electric ice cream maker. My daughter and son-in-law used to use their Kitchen Aid stand mixer with a special bowl which is kept in the freezer until you use it to make ice cream. It worked pretty well but sprung a leak or something.

We have an ice cream maker that works wonderfully and will bring it out this summer. Can't wait! You should consider getting one--more excuses to eat ice cream!

I have never understood how parents can let things like that happen. I never got away with it and neither did my own kids.

Thanks for sharing with The Triple Name Club.

I believe it, Len. It irritates me to no end too. Have a great afternoon!

I am not a parent but I loved reading this. I was raised to always put myself in someone else's shoes before I speak and so I try to do that BUT if provoked look out. If anyone has time, check out some of my poetry on me, lacking readers lately. Also, Happy Mom's Day to all the Mom's.

Thanks for reading it, Angie. I have had some luck with poetry prompts at Mindful Poetry and Gather Writing Essential. There are many other groups, but these are the two I post to the most often. And I tend to get some great feedback. I'm headed to your profile now...

did you wait till that child went to sleep yell boo in its ear when it was sleeping

That's funny, Larry, but I never saw that mom again.

we have had that happen before, we get the kids asleep and someone wake them up.

I know, Larry. It's so frustrating. My kids are past that stage now. :)

There's nothing worse when your nerves are frazzled already, to have put a baby to sleep and have it woken up by someone else. It was legitimate 'anger' you showed, Kimberly.
Reproving/disciplining children trains them in the way you would have them walk ( sound familiar ? ). I remember a specific time when my 3 year old would kick the bedroom door of his 1 year old brother just after I put him to bed for a nap, after spending all morning flat out busy looking after them. I was SO angry with him...and I regret that to this day, but he did deserve a reaction !! Parenting is the toughest responsibility...the statistics for
juvenile misbehavior, to put it mildly, are on the increase !!!....Parents are to blame.

For every rebuke...a 1000 hugs and kisses :)

Loved your honest anger !

Thank you, Marianne. Every once in a while, I share a little of me rather than delve into the fictional realm. I was so shocked, but almost too tired to react. I felt more like crying. Being a new mom can be so tiring. From your story, I know you can relate.

Yes, lots and lots of kisses and hugs. I always give my kids a big hug and kiss when they come out of time-out. :)

I hope you are doing well. :)

That was awful that the lady didn't wish to do anything about her son's misbehavior.
I don't ever let my kids talk to people like that. Or trying to scare babies, I mean who does that? That's not a very nice thing to do.

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It wasn't nice at all, and if my kids ever did something like that, then I would apologize profusely. This mom must have really been at her wit's end to not even care anymore. So sad!

Even if I were crazed, doped up and out to pasture, I'd never let my kids be sassy. My grandma would roll in her grave!

No, I don't believe you would let them get away with anything, Angela. :)

He, he. That's me.

Wow that started the conversation didn't it? You know I agree with strict parenting as I am one. My children do not have the ability to hide things because there is no such thing as privacy in my house. This has allowed me to head of a number of slides to the bad from my teenagers, as well as kept my younger two safe. I am proud when, in public, I hear from strangers about how nice and polite my children are. I usually say something to the effect of "yea in PUBLIC, you don't have to live with them" Then I laugh and thank them for the compliment!

Yes, this post caused strict parents to come out of the Gather "woodwork." Being a former teacher set me up for being strict, and I always thank my kids when I get compliments from strangers. It reminds me that I'm doing a decent job. Thanks for reading and commenting on my post, Brian.

By the way, you have been FEATURED on GWWE!

Thank you for the feature, Brian.

I think a lot of parents (not just these days because I have seen it for over 40 years) take too far the idea of not spanking children. Spanking (no I don't really believe in spanking and I can't remember a time when I spanked my own children yet they were always very well behaved) is discipline. Parents need to find a form of discipline that works for them and their children. Just because they don't want to spank does not mean that they cannot discipline. Also, they need to teach kids boundaries. Just because they are at an airport, in a public place, does not mean that there are no boundaries. Parents need to instill this in their kids.

I agree with you, Corina. Boundaries are paramount in discipline. Thank you for reading and sharing your thougths and experiences on my post.

My "younger brother" (aka my "little brother," until he outgrew me a few decades ago) was born on May 13th when I was 11, so the end of the school year. Mom was a Night Owl, but given a chance, I could have stayed up later than she did. (Bedtime was 9, but I was often still awake when my parents went to bed a 2 AM.) Once school let out, I took over the 4 AM feeding. (Back in the days when every baby was a bottle baby.) Your son took as many bounces as my brother took. OCD starts before age 11? lol

I've given up saying anything about kid behavior anymore. We've walked out of restaurants before dinner comes, walk out of stores, or keep on walking on sidewalks. There's just no use. If parents can't see what we're thinking with our scowls, they don't give a damn. And, we're all stuck with the same rude behavior from the same kids 20 years later.

The only saving grace we have is my husband is a big man AND he has trouble keeping his balance anymore. A group of teenagers filled the sidewalk we were traveling down. There was no place to move to get out of their way, so hubby put a block on the girl who ran into him and then did what he does when something gets his ways - stumbles until I grab his hand and he can regain his balance. (Yes, she really headed right at him, as if he had some place to move out of her way.) Three gals and four good sizes guys. She screamed, "Ow!," the guys turned around in that menacing look young men give when they think they can take you on, but when they looked at us, their eyes diverted to the sidewalk. She hit one in the shoulder for not sticking up for her and they walked on - double file so others could move down the sidewalk.

Little thing they weren't expecting. I'm 5'11", a little over 200 pounds, (230 back then) and, I swear, I'm still "the little woman." They saw two massive "old people." We know, at our low strength levels, a five year old could beat us up, but the rest of the world can't tell. As often as people have stepped in front of hubby, and he's lost his balance, most of the time they start out ready to yell at him, but once they see our size.... No one has apologized yet, but he fires back, sometimes. It's good to be "the little woman" at 5''11" tall. lol

And that's also why I didn't take up Brian's prompt as expected. I thought of lots of rude people - even two things that happened to us in the last two weeks, but I won't give anyone the satisfaction of knowing how much rudeness hurts. (At least, as long as I can hold it in. lol)

My husband found an article last night on 25 polite things to teach your children, and we are going to review it with our kids. My kids are much more polite than average, but there is always room to improve.

It makes me upset when young people do not respect their elders. It's just one of those basic lessons that parents should teach their children.

Thanks for commenting, Lynn, and good luck on writing, gardening, and the "laundry" list of chores.