tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768529518959054896.post5591753894582012501..comments2023-09-11T06:24:18.589-05:00Comments on Catch Her in the Wry: I just don't understandCatch Her in the Wryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13052541966405145087noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768529518959054896.post-76728814124991842382009-06-09T12:21:09.082-05:002009-06-09T12:21:09.082-05:00Agree on all accounts. Or, I guess I am also puzz...Agree on all accounts. Or, I guess I am also puzzled like you on all accounts. :)Jenna Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787074975348206652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768529518959054896.post-28399374602296419802009-05-29T13:53:47.113-05:002009-05-29T13:53:47.113-05:00Sixty: Most of the graduation parties around here ...Sixty: Most of the graduation parties around here have well over a hundred guests and some as many as 300+. A student shrine is displayed where guests lay down their offerings (totaling up to $4-5000 in some cases). Cake & ice cream (and beer in your case) with relatives seems OK to me , but WTF are these others thinking?<br /><br />Fearless: In our small town, I've seen junior high and high school kids who live 3-4 blocks from school being driven there by their parents. I wouldn't send a 1st grader out alone in C-U either.<br /><br />If teachers are just sending home busy-work, I'd be complaining to the school. The homework should be enhancing/enriching what the kids are doing in school, not duplicating it.<br /><br />Trueself: Thanks for all the in-depth responses. It's the parents' behavior today that shape their children's future.Catch Her in the Wryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052541966405145087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768529518959054896.post-48621470104724271072009-05-29T13:19:26.480-05:002009-05-29T13:19:26.480-05:00Why parents gripe about their children, when their...<I>Why parents gripe about their children, when their children are just being children</I>Because it wears on the parents day in/day out and sometimes they lose it a little.<br /><br /><I>Why parents yell at their children when disciplining them</I>See previous answer<br /><br /><I>Why parents don't teach their children proper table manners</I> Because some of the parents weren't taught either.<br /><br /><I>Why parents do their children's homework and school projects</I>Because it's easier than helping the child do it.<br /><br /><I>Why parents drive their children to places/events when the kids could easily walk or ride a bike</I>Because they're running late.<br /><br /><I>Why parents don't make their children accept responsibilities</I>Because it's harder to do so than not to do so.<br /><br /><I>Why parents coddle and cater to their children's every whim</I>Because they're overcompensating for what they perceive as their own deprived childhood.<br /><br /><I>Why parents can't wait for their children to graduate so they can have the house to themselves.</I>Because they parented so poorly they raised hooligans.<br /><br /><I>Why parents spend small fortunes on high school graduation parties (It's only a high school degree, folks)</I>More money than good sense.<br /><br />I answered some of these from my perspective as a parent, some from my perspective of my own parents, and some from observing other parents. Decide for yourselves which are which.Trueselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376379968984585345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768529518959054896.post-85388283319639864072009-05-29T13:00:05.443-05:002009-05-29T13:00:05.443-05:00Why parents do their children's homework and schoo...Why parents do their children's homework and school projects<br /><br />Because schools assign FAR too much homework at FAR too young of an age. Personally, I don't do the homework for them but I don't make them do every piece of busy work that comes home either. I do know parents in TB's class (first grade) that do do some of their children's homework because the sheer amount is overwhelming.<br /><br />Why parents drive their children to places/events when the kids could easily walk or ride a bike<br /><br />Because, depending on where you live and the age of the kids, allowing your kids out alone is terribly unsafe. My kids are 7.5 and 4 and I won't even let them be alone in our fully fenced backyard. We do walk places as a family occasionally but usually we have too many things going on to take the time to walk.The Fearless Freakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18060653763011412692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768529518959054896.post-64875880518631763662009-05-29T11:54:10.886-05:002009-05-29T11:54:10.886-05:00WELL, I never...
We had a big party for both kids...WELL, I never...<br /><br />We had a big party for both kids when they graduated kindergarten, 8th and 12th grades. <br /><br />We like to party! and nothing says Congratulations on your achievement like a bunch of drunken relatives.Going Like Sixtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17735447776871695507noreply@blogger.com