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Originally posted by Snoogans
I wish more parents would do this
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Agreed. I wish more parents behaved like parents. Many years ago I worked at a local nursery/craft store and one time a woman came in with her 5-6 year old boy (she carried him in, which is completely fucked up at that age imo) and he was being a monster -- taking things off of the shelves and throwing them around, poking holes in boxes and bags, etc. When they eventually made it to the checkout he wanted a candy bar and the mother said "no", and he started hitting, kicking, and biting her. I was absolutely shocked, and she just acted like it was nothing new and left the store.
I don't understand that mother at all -- does she think she's being a good parent, or does she just not care? That kid is going to grow up to be a little asshole all the way through school, or he'll earn enough beatings from schoolmates to calm down until he has kids of his own to beat up.