This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
Snack attack
To the carload of brats who threw what appeared to be a half-eaten hamburger at two women walking up Lacewood Drive last Sunday afternoon: I blame your parents. Kids don’t raise themselves. And the fact that you think this was funny is proof that your pa
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when i was a little turd i did things like that and thought it was funny, hopefully they’ll grow out of iti’m curious how you come to the conclusion that it’s their parents fault though, this society is sick, poison food, poisons air, poison tv and video games, and kids at that age generally don’t listen tot heir parenst, they follow the pack, fitting in and appearing cool come before anything else’… when people let the internet raise their children”, don’t be stupid, nobpdy ‘let’s’ the internet raise their children, the internet exists, people use it, if you were a child of the internet age you would too
As a parent of a teenager, let me say that there’s fucking little you can do once they walk out the door unless you follow the little bastards around. It’s not television or the internet – it’s their knobhole friends. What one does, the rest will follow.
Sorry, but I have teenagers as well. Three of them. None of them thought it was funny. They thought it was gross and rude. In fact it was my 15 year old daughter who saw the actual throwing of the food. She was horrified. It IS possible to raise children who have respect for the dignity of other people. If you’re not supervising your kids when they’re on the internet, if you don’t watch what they watch, if you don’t listen to the music they listen too, and discuss it with them, then you are letting the internet/tv/music industry raise them. Time consuming, yes. But if you don’t take the time, you end up with teenagers who throw hamburgers at fat girls.And for the record, I was kind of hoping the little bastards would read it, recognize themselves, and be ashamed if only because they make their parents look bad.
Sorry, but I have teenagers as well. Three of them. None of them thought it was funny. They thought it was gross and rude. In fact it was my 15 year old daughter who saw the actual throwing of the food. She was horrified. It IS possible to raise children who have respect for the dignity of other people. If you’re not supervising your kids when they’re on the internet, if you don’t watch what they watch, if you don’t listen to the music they listen too, and discuss it with them, then you are letting the internet/tv/music industry raise them. Time consuming, yes. But if you don’t take the time, you end up with teenagers who throw hamburgers at fat girls.And for the record, I was kind of hoping the little bastards would read it, recognize themselves, and be ashamed if only because they make their parents look bad.
This friend of mine, once, was biking home and got a pop bottle thrown at him by some teenagers driving past. It hit him in the leg and really hurt a lot, I guess. This friend of mine is normally very passive. I’ve never seen him act violent in any way, but I guess it infuriated him (understandable). So, of course, right after throwing the bottle at him, the car is forced to stop at a red light up ahead. So, my friend—in his blind rage—biked by as fast as he could and threw his bike lock through their rear window. I think it’s pretty funny, imagining the kids explaining to their parents what happened to their car. I hope they learned a lesson.
“As a parent of a teenager, let me say that there’s fucking little you can do once they walk out the door unless you follow the little bastards around. It’s not television or the internet – it’s their knobhole friends. What one does, the rest will follow.”It’s no wonder teenagers do things like throw hanburgers at people, when they have dissinterested parents like this, who think it is a lost cause to even try and become involved in their children’s life. You chose to have children, now grow up and be a parent. Cheers.
“As a parent of a teenager, let me say that there’s fucking little you can do once they walk out the door unless you follow the little bastards around. It’s not television or the internet – it’s their knobhole friends. What one does, the rest will follow.”It’s no wonder teenagers do things like throw hanburgers at people, when they have dissinterested parents like this, who think it is a lost cause to even try and become involved in their children’s life. You chose to have children, now grow up and be a parent. Cheers.
To “don’t have eyes in the back of my head”. I’m hoping you tried a little harder than what your response implied. You sounded like the mother of the son that killed the teacher’s aid. Sort of like you washed your hands of your teenagers. Let’s not forget that being parents of young teenagers(I’m one of them), we control their every move if we choose to!!!13,14,15,16,17,18(alas young adult hood), WE are in charge! Don’t let them forget that. Spank their little asses if you have to. WE are in charge. No more room for “I can’t control him”. Bullshit!!!! Become the dictator that a parent should be!!
To “don’t have eyes in the back of my head”. I’m hoping you tried a little harder than what your response implied. You sounded like the mother of the son that killed the teacher’s aid. Sort of like you washed your hands of your teenagers. Let’s not forget that being parents of young teenagers(I’m one of them), we control their every move if we choose to!!!13,14,15,16,17,18(alas young adult hood), WE are in charge! Don’t let them forget that. Spank their little asses if you have to. WE are in charge. No more room for “I can’t control him”. Bullshit!!!! Become the dictator that a parent should be!!
‘Disgusted Bystander’, you were ‘kind of hoping the little bastards would read it, recognize themselves, and be ashamed if only because they make their parents look bad’, good luck, IF they read this and recognize themselves they’ll probably laugh about it and do it again
Disinterested???? Find me a teenager that wants to have anything to do with their parents and I’ll show you a 24 caret solid gold hemorrhoid. So eat shit, Asshat.
Yeah, right. My old lady was a tyrant who beat my ass more times than I can count. That’s why I quit school at 16 and left home. My sister’s kids did the same thing when she went hardass ‘tough love’ with them. We’re all just a bunch of delightful losers now.
I don’t understand why everyone seems to be having such an issue with this bitch…REALLY! I know that not every teenager is willing to listen to their parents…but if they have any moral fibre at all…which would have been a good thing for parents to have instilled in their children, they wouldn’t be running around throwing burgers at fat girls! We’re not talking about theses kids going out drinking and having sex…we’re talking about being outright mean. Most teenagers have the good common sense not to act like this…but there are a few who are assholes and they probably always will be assholes.
“A parent who has tried”, it’s people like you who shouldn’t have kids, look at your last post and tell me why with an attitude like the one you so proudly display (ie. ‘eat shit, asshat’)anyone would listen to what you have to say, let alone your child. Children learn from example and well, It’s quite obvious what your children have learned from you. I’m so sick of trashy, uneducated people that have kids and take no responsibility for the way in which they turn out. If your kids don’t listen to you, well, make them listen, it’s up to you as the parent to teach them morals, values and repspect for themselves and others. Don’t take the easy way out and give up, there’s always something that can be done, it’s on you as the parent to do it.
“A parent who has tried”, it’s people like you who shouldn’t have kids, look at your last post and tell me why with an attitude like the one you so proudly display (ie. ‘eat shit, asshat’)anyone would listen to what you have to say, let alone your child. Children learn from example and well, It’s quite obvious what your children have learned from you. I’m so sick of trashy, uneducated people that have kids and take no responsibility for the way in which they turn out. If your kids don’t listen to you, well, make them listen, it’s up to you as the parent to teach them morals, values and repspect for themselves and others. Don’t take the easy way out and give up, there’s always something that can be done, it’s on you as the parent to do it.
Listen up, doofus, do you honestly think I swear at my kids? Uh-uh, only at asswipes who ASSUME I’m uneducated and a bad parent. You’re wrong on both counts, sweetheart
Morals? Values? These days? I don’t think so.