Middle school......

[poster]

...couldn't sleep last night and caught the end of a documentary about middle school aged kids. It was around 11pm, I think on HBO. Did anyone else see this? The part I watched was a meeting between parents and kids caught (as a group) drinking. I was surprised at the way the kids talked to their parents.

[toppick08 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by poster

...couldn't sleep last night and caught the end of a documentary about middle school aged kids. It was around 11pm, I think on HBO. Did anyone else see this? The part I watched was a meeting between parents and kids caught (as a group) drinking. I was surprised at the way the kids talked to their parents.

You were.

Where you been.

[poster]

Originally Posted by toppick08

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You were.

Where you been.

Well, I shouldn't say "surprised" I guess.
I see it around, mine at 8 has to be reminded often how to speak to me.
It was odd to see the parents kind of accept it though.
There wasn't much, if any, reprimand for their actions that I saw.
I wasn't sure if that was because it was edited out or it just didn't happen.

[vbailey]

Originally Posted by poster

Well, I shouldn't say "surprised" I guess.
I see it around, mine at 8 has to be reminded often how to speak to me.
It was odd to see the parents kind of accept it though.
There wasn't much, if any, reprimand for their actions that I saw.
I wasn't sure if that was because it was edited out or it just didn't happen.

It does not happen.

[beerlover (Premo)]

I had to crack my middle-schooler with a switch this weekend for his sh*tty attitude and for mouthing off to his mother. Then he threatened to call the police because "I don't have the right to hit him". I told him I reserve the right to hit anyone who disrespects my wife.

[Mousebaby (Premo)]

My kids know better then to talk to me with disrespect! If they do they definitely find out whats good for them!

Parents are afraid to reprimand their kids anymore because of child abuse. I just spoke with an officer the other day. There is no law against punishing your child when it is needed. He actually said "no law against corporal punishment" as long as you don't cross the line.

I don't believe in spanking my kids, but I have NEVER hesitated in busting that azz when it was needed. I have 3 very good children and I am told so at restaurants almost every time we go how well behaved they are. It makes me proud and I let them know how proud I am of them. So parents, don't let these kids walk all over you. YOU ARE THE PARENT!

[Mousebaby (Premo)]

Originally Posted by beerlover

I had to crack my middle-schooler with a switch this weekend for his sh*tty attitude and for mouthing off to his mother. Then he threatened to call the police because "I don't have the right to hit him". I told him I reserve the right to hit anyone who disrespects my wife.

While I agree the child needed to have his butt spanked for such an offense, the officer did say that using a switch is borderline abuse. Please be careful about what you do and or say on a public forum! TYVM

[Beelzebaby666]

I was told by a Spring Ridge parent that unless your kid falls in to the ghetto talk and way of dress then you will be harrassed or even smacked around. My neighbor removed her daughter from the school because she went from being a sweet kid to a hood rat in one semester there.

My other friends child acts like a total heathen and is "dating" at the age of 11 She yells at her mom all the time about not having her cell phone charged when he needs minutes and DEMANDS to be taken her her little boyfriends basketball games. JFC!

I don't care if I have to say my kid lives at the Country Store bar, she is NOT going to that school.

[poster]

Originally Posted by Beelzebaby666

I was told by a Spring Ridge parent that unless your kid falls in to the ghetto talk and way of dress then you will be harrassed or even smacked around. My neighbor removed her daughter from the school because she went from being a sweet kid to a hood rat in one semester there.

My other friends child acts like a total heathen and is "dating" at the age of 11 She yells at her mom all the time about not having her cell phone charged when he needs minutes and DEMANDS to be taken her her little boyfriends basketball games. JFC!

I don't care if I have to say my kid lives at the Country Store bar, she is NOT going to that school.

This totally blows my mind!!
An older cousin of mine asked me once when my parents let me date, 16/17 yrs old. She then said her own daughter 13 wanted to date and she wasn't sure what to tell her. I told her what our household rules were when I was 13. NO BOYS!! At the age when boys started coming around we had to hang at my house or do things with my parents. It was "explained" to me that if a boy didn't want to spend time with me when my parents were around then he didn't really like me. Well - she allowed her to date and guess what? Yup - she was pregnant by 17. Not just one daughter but both of her daughters.

[Beelzebaby666]

Originally Posted by poster

This totally blows my mind!!
An older cousin of mine asked me once when my parents let me date, 16/17 yrs old. She then said her own daughter 13 wanted to date and she wasn't sure what to tell her. I told her what our household rules were when I was 13. NO BOYS!! At the age when boys started coming around we had to hang at my house or do things with my parents. It was "explained" to me that if a boy didn't want to spend time with me when my parents were around then he didn't really like me. Well - she allowed her to date and guess what? Yup - she was pregnant by 17. Not just one daughter but both of her daughters.

I've made it clear to my daughter that she will not date until high school and I will be very involved. Come hell or high water, this kid will graduate from school and not breast feed while doing it! Being a single parent is tough enough and I will not make it harder on myself by becoming a grandma before I'm 40.

It just dawned on me that every time I drop off or pick up my daughter from her BFF's house, her folks are drinking alcohol. And the father seemed quite relaxed when he told me how he found pot in his oldest son's bed room I've only know this family for 6 months. The kids also has a baby on the way at 16.

Then today, I find out that her other friend, whom she has known for years at two different schools is the sister of the kids who tried to put a hit on his parents: faint: Their kids tell my kid that the parents beat them.

WTF!?!?!?!

It goes to show that people with big houses and money aren't any better than plain white trash like me. I may be a lot of things but I'm mortified at what I've recently discovered.UFB!