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US parenting

posted 8 years ago by martinflarsendk
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Is the parenting of your kids really this laxed ?

The kids seem like they are in control, like they are the actual alphas. Constant demands, screaming at their parents, even the agent holding a feed bag up to her son, to make usre he is content.

What the *beep* US ?

I'm the father of 3 boys and 1 girl, I'm not their friend, or their peer. I'm their guardian and caregiver. They need something, they come to me, they worry about something, they come to me.

They know this simple fact, I take no *beep* but I'm on your team.

I really hope, that the parenting shown in this show, is not real.

[–] The_Grindfather 8 years ago

For white liberals, I'd say yes, this is pretty par for the course. They feel they are being progressive by letting their kids walk all over them. I've given up caring though as it has nothing to do with me.

I could never tolerate the level of disrespect her kids dole out. Not one single time.

[–] TVguy80 8 years ago

My job involves working with families and I see plenty of bratty kids in Republican households.

OP: Is every family in your country exactly like the families on your TV shows?

[–] KinksRock 8 years ago

There was really no reason to bring politics into this. I don't think bratty kids are exclusively raised in the homes of liberals.

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[–] The_Grindfather 8 years ago

The funny thing is, I brought up white liberals because Hollywood is predominantly made up of them. In fact, this show is created by them, so they are holding up a mirror to their own lives.

Sorry truth hurts.

[–] elegantblkchina1 8 years ago

No truth doesn't hurt when it's BS. Grow up please, or is acting like a generalizing little child a conservative trait? I've noticed bringing politics into everything seems to be a conservative trait. Again GROW UP!

[–] SweaterCannons 8 years ago

Personally I, too, prefer the conservative parenting we see on television: the Christian, home-bound-teaching Duggars who raise (and ignore) a child molester; the under-a-rock bigot Robertson bunch of Duck Dynasty. They're all such sterling examples of conservative family values. So heart-warming.

[–] geezwhatnext 8 years ago

LOL! Thanks for the Sunday morning laugh!

[–] otter68 8 years ago

Duck Dynasty?
You mean Phil Robertson who was born in a family so poor they didn't have running water, but went to college and started his own business and sent his sons to college and have them build his business into a multi-million dollar empire. As far as bigots, why did one of Phil's sons adopt a child of color?

"Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong." J.J. Rousseau

[–] Flosive 8 years ago

I'm the father of 3 boys and 1 girl, I'm not their friend, or their peer.

https://youtu.be/pTi03Q-XqtE?t=2m31s

[–] Pandjy 8 years ago

My 22 year old was hurt and annoyed that I told her "I'm not your friend." when she was younger ..... the other day, she thanked me for it.

[–] diadara 8 years ago

A family consists of different individuals, there is no recipe or a mold for raising your kids! We have three pillar stones in ours, love, respect and humility, and that has taken us very far. I have never punished either one of my kids because I've never had to (Ok that's a lie, I took away my daughters laptop for ten minutes when I found out she was smoking. Then I realized it was the one she got from school) I'm proud of my kids and the only thing I did was love them, befriend them, respect them and most importantly, set them free.

This is what worked for us! As a single mom I simply couldn't get locked up in conflicts that wouldn't resolve anything anyway. Communication is the key.

We live in Sweden by the way, and I don't think that comes as a surprise to some of you.

[–] burnthebeautiful 8 years ago

I'm not American, but I don't think there's really any one typically American way of raising kids, different parents have different styles. Te mormon episode showed this pretty well.

[–] Sidewindr 8 years ago

I personally feel it is a problem of privilege as well as all the reality "stars" setting bad examples with their privilege .. none of them have had to do a hard days work to earn a dollar in their lives.