spoke to their child like he was from another planet.
Its really really annoying and SAD when you look at your 4 year old and say “Oh my wittle boy, wass a matter…are you a tie-ward wittle boy.”
Or “tata the balli-walli to mommy-wommy”
WOW..my poor daughter was drownding in the play balls because i could not avert my eyes from your facial expressions while you were saying these things.
You look stupid. your kid looked at you like HE was embarassed. Its not my business HOW you raise your child, but, dear god, speak to your children properly!
—keine ahnung!
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I can see your point, but at the same time, it’s really none of your business how they raise their child!
HAHAHA. If anything that would’ve made me feel better for not being a complete fucktarded parent 😛
When I was born and in my infancy/toddler years people would try to speak to me in baby talk and my dad would get pissed and tell them to cut it the fuck out. I was spoken to in normal english and as a result I was a VERY early talker and was talking in full sentences at 17 months. Talking to your kid like this one was is only going to fuck the kid’s proper speech development up, but in the end it’s not your problem (and it means YOUR kid will do better in school in the end).
If you talk to your kid like that chances are they’re going to end up with some crazy speech impediment. please parents.
I cringe when I hear parents treating their kids like happy little imbeciles. I`ll betcha one parent calls the other some fucking nickname like `My Bunnywunny`or `Pooh Bear Kissy Face` (if you don’t believe me, read the Coast’s valentines sometime) – until they get to divorce court and then they`ll be calling each other Beast of Burden` or `Mr. Ching Ching`. Listening to that drivel is enough to give someone Type II diabetes. Now they want to pass it through the generations – eg-fucking-gad.
What about the parents who walk around with their kid on a leash?
I will never understand that. Ever.
Control, baby. Steer that toddler and make the little fucker heel. Overprotection of kids is the worst mistake a parent can make.
Or maybe they raised a dog before the kid.
My parents sometimes put my brothers on a tether outdoors at family parties. They still got to play in the yard, and my parents could relax with the other adults for a little while without having to worry that my brothers’d be running out into traffic or climbing up on the roof.
Mole Rat – tell your parents to get an electric fence if it’s really that bad. Putting your kids on tethers? Why don’t they give them some Iams and a raw hide while they’re at it.
My nanny (babysitter-type not grandmother-type) was an older lady and had arthritis and whenever we’d go out (I was 2-3-ish) she’s put me on one of the kiddie leashes because she couldn’t run after me if I ran away and went out in traffic, and I think I turned out RELATIVELY ok so…maybe the ends (kid not running away/being kidnapped/getting hurt/etc…) justifies the means (leash)?
Also (sort of related, sort of not): I dunno if people with kids are actually reading and listening to these bitches, but I’m seeing a lot less huge strollers (or strollers in general) on busses these days and a lot more snugglies and people carrying their kids. Maybe it’s just the winter, but I want to give these people a fucking medal.
To keep a hold of the little buggers. I used to take my little brother out on his kiddie harness since he was GOGOGO as soon as he figured out what legs were. It’s not like you’re tying them out on a tree in the yard, ffs.
It’s not the kid on the leash, it’s the parent, Usually lasts about 21 years – if the parent is lucky.
Joe Blow, you hit the nail right on the finger – 21 years, huh? Are you sure that isn’t 31 years these days? Sure as fuck feels like it sometimes.
PK, there is always an exception to the rule – I can understand (i suppose) how your grandmother felt more comfortable using said device, however my grandmother has been crippled with arthritis since before I was born, and never felt the need to harness any of her 14 grandchildren.
I was more talking about the parents who seem to be younger (ie, under 40?) and use them everywhere… ( i have never seen a child run out into traffic while IN THE MALL!!!!) It just seems like it is easier for them to “control” (ttfn) their children rather than teach them how to behave properly in the first place.
Dino – my brothers didn’t seem to mind being on a tether, except insofar as they couldn’t get loose and sneak into the basement to fiddle with furnace knobs. They’re 23 now and don’t seem too traumatized. I agree the image of children on leashes is kinda silly, but please tell me who actually got hurt by it, so I can run and encourage them into therapy 😛
As far as I can tell my parents tried their hardest, with the information they had at the time, to teach us how to behave properly. It didn’t seem to really make a difference. Whatever, no one’s perfect.
I agree people talking to their kids as if they are kittens is kinda lame. It probably wouldn’t have occurred to me that it could affect their speech. I feel stupid even talking to animals that way.
By the way, from a young age my brothers were widely known among children and adults alike as respectively “____ the Pain” and “____ the Devil” so….maybe that tells you a bit more about why my parents might have felt they needed a leash.
Tee-hee, I’m being a hypocrite. When I was just a youngen my mom would put my brother and I on stretchy wrist leashes so we didn’t get abducted in Disney world. I just pity anything tied up that’s left alone. I see what Mole Rat is sayin’ though. If the child is safe and it’s nothing extreme, go for it. Except for talking to the poor thing like it’s a baby alien.
I had to explain to my child what the leash was all about when he asked a lady why she had her child in a dog harness. Our dog was using a harness for training that looked almost the same.
Chick-a-pay. Tay in a Win.
My grandmother used to tie my uncle to the porch in front of their north end home. In the 60’s it seemed relatively normal, though he didn’t leave home till he was in his mid 30’s. True story.