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Most people, myself included, love looking at videos on the net about babies. YouTube is full of them. They all make you laugh or go “aww.”
They are almost as popular as the animal videos. You know the ones I mean. Cute kittens and cats and dogs and puppies. These also make you go “aww” or laugh.
There are even a few about the older ‘babies’ you know, toddlers and above. There are less of those but, some not all, are truly hilarious. A little girls states solemnly that if a monster comes in her house she will, “Kick his ask.” David Goes to the Dentist, are just two that spring to mind.
Real life however is not as endearing.
Folks who let their ‘little angels’ run riot all over the place are not amusing.
The little ones who feel it is their God given right to throw things into your garden. Sweet wrappers, balls, toys in various stages of dilapidation, plastic bags and anything else their little hands get hold of.
The same little ones also like noise. The louder the better. They also like repetitive noise; banging, screaming (the exact same decibel level each and every time) and thundering through their house with reckless abandon.
“Kids will be kids” is the old adage that most parents trot out when little Junior or Missy commit an act of hooliganism.
HAH!
Like the obligatory old fart (I am in my fifties) I will also trot out the old faithful, “We had discipline when we were kids.” And we did. Our parents didn’t beat us with a hose-pipe or a wooden two-by-four. They did give out the occasional belt ‘stropping’ and they did utilize the switch.
*I don’t know about your parents but I do know some who had the nasty habit of making you pick out your own switch.*
We were taught not to intrude upon other people’s space. That space included their home, their garden and their personal space. My parents were very good about not believing in the old ‘children should be seen and not heard’ and were vigilante in the art of teaching us to be polite and respectful.
I know this all started in the Dr. Spock days of parenting. The days of, “If I discipline my children they won’t like me anymore.” This started in the 1970′s and it has gotten worse. It has created a generation, or two, of parents who will not take the responsibility of parenting.
These irresponsible parents are churning out babies and not helping them become ‘people’ or teaching them about encroaching on their fellow man. These babies are growing up to be thugs and hooligans and are filling our jails as juvenile delinquents.
I am not lumping every young person into this category. There are some who don’t do any of the things I’ve mentioned. To those upright and stalwart young citizens I offer a salute of gratitude.
To the rest, I want to offer a swift kick in the seat of the pants of their parents.
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