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November 2011 Moms
Kaeldrasmommy
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Pet peeve with other parents?
Kaeldrasmommy
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What drives you nuts to see parents do? It can be any age group.
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Re: Pet peeve with other parents?
Parents who don't stand up for themselves and their kids.
People putting kids in situations they shouldn't be in? Don't want people to feed your kid certain things? People picking your kid up wrong? Speak up, and remove the kid from their care if they don't listen to you. If you don't stand up for your kid no-one else will.
Allow them to have their pacifier all. the. time. If they need it to sleep or nap, that's fine, but constantly? No. And once they can speak "through" it, it needs to come out of their mouth.
Threatening punishment to happen long after the incident. (ie: a kid gets in trouble at the store and mom says, "That's it. No TV tonight...").
Not letting your kids be kids.
Let me start by saying, I am ALL for children have chores and responsibilities. I think it is 200% necessary for several different character traits children need to develop. I am talking extreme situations.
DH grew up and starting at the age of 10 had to be completely in charge of doing his laundry. He was 1 of 4 and each week night, they had to be completely in charge of coming up with a meal and cooking it for the family. Not helping mom cook, they were in the kitchen on there one, whether they enjoyed it or not. Those are just two of the examples.
Like I said, I absolutely plan on having Andrew be in the kitchen with me, helping me with household chores, and when he is older, being responsible for set things. With that said, you have your whole life to do grown up things and a very short time to be a child and they shouldn't have that kind of responsiblity placed on him.
Parents that judge other parents for judging parents.
I think we are all guilty of this at some point. As long as we realize as parents we have the right to raise our children the way we want and respect that, there's no true harm. You may see a parent doing something you can't stand and as a parent yourself, do the exact opposite because you hate it so much. It's just live and learn!
I have to agree with Sparkly here. That is my one pet peeve with other parents. They complain because Uncle Tommy gave little Suzzie a sippy cup full of mt. dew. Oh, where's Suzzie now? Uncle Tommy is watching her. It's stupid and I see it all the time.
Parents who expect their kids to be able to act like adults (and sit around not wanting to play, etc.).
But really...parents who don't take care of their kids and leave them to grandma, grandpa, etc., even though they are perfectly capable of raising their children themselves (I'm not talking about babysitting, I'm talking about letting kids live with other relatives while they live somewhere else).
Parents who over explain things. I'm all for giving reasons but a simple "sit down so you don't bump your head" is way better than " sit down because if you fall you may get a concussion, then you will begin to vomit and we will have to go to the emergency room." My SIL does that. It drives me crazy.
Right. I look at some parents and think "I would never..." but there are a lot of parents that judge harshly. Or try to correct. Or worse. You may not agree with some else's decision for their child, but just because you are a parent with an opinion, it doesn't mean your opinion is right or universal.
Technically, yes. This thread is judging the parenting decisions of other parents. I lift my child with his arms - my sister had the same problem with a dislocated shoulder, but my child does not. So, I'm not putting my child in danger without thoroughly already having evaluated and thought through my decision. Still, apparently you'd have an opinion of me if you ever saw me and C playing in a park.
I get where you're coming from with this post, as we all get irritated when we see things. I just think there is an ongoing perpetuation of judging other mothers/parents in society, and personally I think we have enough to deal with already without adding the stress everyone else judging our every parenting choice.