I am really tired of parents giving up responsibility for their own children.
That is why we have lots (and I mean LOTS) of young adults running around refusing to take responsibility for their own bad behavior.
www.eatocracy.com
If you go to this website, it will lead you to an article about a mother who is suing McDonald's for including toys in their Happy Meals. She claims you can only tell a child NO so many times before you have to give in and with McDonald's getting into her kids' heads, it's just too hard.
Wha....?
I don't....
It's just that.....
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS?
Here's what I'm sick of. I am sick of people who are afraid of their children. I am sick o f people who will not tell their children NO because they don't want to make them mad.
Here's what I know. It's real easy to tell your kids NO and the more you do it, the easier it becomes. Here's what else I know. It make s kids mad when you tell them NO.
But they get over it. Really. They do. They have to get over it at least long enough to ask you for the next Happy Meal toy.
child: Can we go to McDonald's and get a Happy Meal? I want that new Shrek Toy.
parent: No. Now eat your carrots.
child: UH...why?
parent: I don't have to tell you why.
child: THAT'S NOT FAIR!!!
parent: go to your room. Now daddy gets your dessert.
Period. Done. That's all she wrote. Repeat scene the next day. And the next and the next.
The only way I hope this lawsuit sees the inside of a court room is if it's in front of Judge Judy.
Do you think I'm Stupid? Because I'm not. You, Madam, are STOOO-PID. Now learn to tell your children NO. Ruling for the Golden Arches....
But since frivolous lawsuits tend to be the fad in our country I thought I might cash in on said fad:
2. I intend to sue all blue jean manufacturers because the new popular SKINNY jeans do not live up to their name. They do not make me skinny.
3. I intend to sue Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Atkins, Nutrisystem and grapefruits. None of their diets work for me.
4. I intend to sue Coach brand purses and leather goods. My daughter wants a Coach purse and, although she doesn't whine and nag me about getting one, I shouldn't have to tell her NO. They should stop making purses.
5. Ditto with the iphone.
6. I intend to sue UGG boots. I went years without buying myself a pair because, frankly, they are not real cute. This year I bought some and they are the warmest, coziest thing to happen to my feet since the womb. UGG should somehow have let me know what I was missing. Three years of my life I will never get back. Three years of cold feet. They should pay.
7. And finally I think I'll sue daylight savings time. That whole "move the clock up and back" thing just bugs me.
Since it is evidently okay to give up self control, accountability and responsibility; who would you sue?
3 comments:
I laughed outloud. I seriously love this post!! Ditto! Ditto! Ditto!
One time several years ago on Paul Harvey's "The Rest Of the Story", he told about a woman who sued a furniture store because of a toddler that was running loose, causing her to trip and break her leg. The rest of the story???
IT WAS HER KID!!!! Talk about taking responsibility for your kids and frivolous lawsuits.
*snort* No arguments here. . .our children got a hand-me-down Nintendo 64 from a friend and think they are walkin' in high cotton. Their mean, old (school teacher) parents just won't spring for the new-fangled gadgets. Of course, we have a home and clothes and food and spend SCADS of time together. . .what's so great about those things? ;)
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