I raised you better than that!....kids > UGH!
 

Do you have adult kids that you wonder WTH they are thinking?


Times have changed, I was driven to make my parents proud and "Do right my them". I was devastated with the "I am disappointed in you!" glare.

Kids these days simply don't GAS. :thomas:

Not there quite yet but it's coming I know.

Who cares about parental approval when you have thousands of peer "followers"?

Not yet, fingers crossed. :yesnod:

Millennials :yesnod:

And children have been "elevated" to adult status by the media.
One of the reasons I disliked shows like the Simpsons, even though I was virtually alone in that camp.

They show kids talking smack to their parents and in the following years that trend continued in many movies; the precocious child that knows better than any adult.

How about "are you smarter than a 5th grader?"

All appears cute on the outside until the results rear their ugly heads.

One of the reasons we don't watch tv and are very picky with what movies/cartoons our kids watch.
We also expect them to address adults with "Mr. or Mrs."
Scott

Both of my kids are very respectful, they learned that by example. My son will get up from his seat at a restaurant to open a door for an older couple, good kid. :seasix: I help older folks load their groceries and put them in their car at grocery stores. Learn by example, pretty easy concept. :dance:

Same. :seasix:

Common courtesy is not always so common.

^^^^

Same as common sense.

fixt

How my boys, as well as I were raised.

Like a switch got flipped and all the years of developing to be self sufficient, respectable, appreciative, responsible, God-centered, selfless individuals went out the window :popcorns:

^^^^

Sorry to hear Girly Wirly. :confused5:

:kick:

The technical term is "puberty." :D

Her boys have passed that day by.

Yep.

Oldest (29) needs an swift kick in the azz, but you can't push the issue > don't want grands to be put in the middle and used as leverage.

Truth, tough situation. :sadangel: I can't imagine the day when I can't put a boot in BD's azz.