I just won't be around those kids- the dad is not MY friend (he seems nice, but too much crazy in the kids for me to really trust) and I have no obligation to provide those kids with the home training their parents aren't providing.
I just stay far away.
I am 27 and I STILL have some residual fear of my Mother, lol. I respect her for all she did for me, including disciplining me when I needed it.
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Originally Posted by nikki1920
People want to be friends with their kids, which IMO, is not the best approach to take when they are still kids. My mom and I are friends NOW, but I'm 30, out of the house and have a child. She taught me that parents are to be feared (to an extent) and respected. "I'm your MOTHER, not your FRIEND" was something I heard when I thought I was grown.
People also don't want to be seen in public as being mean to their kids. Negro, please. I took my daughter out to dinner as an early Christmas gift, and the child across the aisle from us was yelling, climbing on the booth, cursing (muthaf***er, repeatedly), and his mother and grandmother were just talking like NOTHING was going on. My daughter looked at him and was like, "Mommy, he is a baaad boy. He needs a spanking. That is not how you are supposed to act when you go out." and shook her head. Lesson learned.
If its a friend of mine, I'll tell the kid to use your indoor voice or what have you. If THAT doesnt work, they get the Mommy look. That works.
I mean, parenting should not be rocket science.
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