I haven't posted a Facebook status since 2009, but in hopes that parents finally understand the importance of ACTUAL parenting I'm going to post something that happened to me today.
So me and my father were playing tennis at my old High School, where we play nearly every day. My High School was having a baseball game that was apart of the summer league in West Seneca and we were greeted by a young kid, who was about 10 years old, who was playing with a lacrosse ball. The kid continued to hit the lacrosse ball against the fence while we were practicing, before missing the fence and hitting and denting the parked car next to my dad's car.
My dad told the kid that he, "probably shouldn't continue to do that", before the kid rebutted, "what are you going to do about it" to my 55 year old father. I was completely flabbergasted and felt the need to go talk to this child's parents for being a completely disrespectful brat.
When the kid went over to his mother to tell her there was a teenager coming over to talk to her, the mother met me halfway in the most condescending way, mocking the way I was walking, and asked me, "Oh, no what are you going to do?". I told her the complete story in the calmest tone possible, where she asked me, "I still don't understand what you are going to do about it." I told her it "was not my job to do anything" and that she should actually be a parent and discipline the kid and find the driver of that car that was dented. She responded by laughing and walking away, where I then told every family around them that this is parenting in 2016.
My parents taught me to know from right and wrong, and you would think parents would understand this as well, instead of having their children achieve a god complex. I am completely disgusted with the parenting I just witnessed. BEING A GOOD PARENT DOES NOT MEAN LETTING YOUR CHILD BELIEVE THEY CAN DO NO WRONG. If we continue this trend of having our children not understand that respecting your elders, and understanding punishment is part of how the world works, we are in for a brutal future.
"respect your elders" is a dumb concept as it has so much people looking down on those who are younger
however its important to be aware of others, and treat others in a way you would be treated, something i couldnt imagine a parent not teaching
not surprised her son isn't any different