What do you do with your kids.....

[EmeraldKitten]

...when you're getting your hair cut?

I know this is off topic, but oh well, lol.

Where I work, up front there are toys for the little mongrels to play with.
Most of the time, the parents run off to the station that they're getting beautiful/handsome at, and leave the kids up front.
A. We feel like we have to 'watch' them.
B. They aren't really supervised.
C. It's a pain in the ass, lol.

The kids that behave, it's not a problem. They sit, play, and are quiet.
The bad ones scream and throw toys around, and try and get out the front door.

The parents that don't really care what their kids are doing really piss me off.



Today for instance. A guy brought 3 kids with him. He was getting his hair cut. The mongrels were up front playing. Well, demolishing would be the word. Accosting the candy dish, going behind the counter, pricking with the Christmas tree, slamming the toy trucks into eachother, the works.
Finally, boss lady told them to stop beating up the toys.
So they ran away from here, and came over to where I was.
They're being loud, obnoxious, still slamming the trucks, pulling the lights off the tree....
*Shudder* I felt my eyes rolling around in my head.

I was trying to do a hair cut, and I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown, LOL.
I finally stepped out of my station, and said, "I do believe you guys were told not to slam the toys around."
They looked at me like they didn't give a shit.

Okay. Whatever.

They kept it up, doing the same shit....

So I stepped out again, and said, "All right, you guys need to go back up front. You're being loud and obnoxious and I don't appriciate it."

They went back up front, and I just knew I was going to be confronted by an angry father.
But my thought was, if he was keeping tabs on his damn asshole children in the first place, no one would have had to say anything to them.


I don't have any kids, and I'm not sure I want any.
I know it's not sunshine and roses raising kids, but damn!
The way some act, you'd think they'd never been in public before!

So I guess the point of this great big rambly post, is what do you guys do?

And, considering the situation, how many of you would have been offended that someone else stepped in and said something to your kid?

Sorry this turned out to be so long, lol... But I'll appriciate the feedback!

~K

 

[matriarch]

Kitten,

I agree with you commmmmmmpletely.

If my kids had behaved like that in public........well, they just wouldnt.

I had no problem with how they behaved at home, but they knew from very early on, if they embarrassed me in public with really bad behaviour, they were for it. Loss of privileges would follow very quickly.

I did have the added advantage, that both mine were into books in a big way from very early age. Even if I couldn't read to them, (the eldest could read from the age of 3 and later would read to the little one who was 4 years younger), they would take great pleasure in simply looking through a book, and telling themselves the story.

The question that comes to my mind, was why did he bring the 3 kids with him in the first place???

 

[TheEarl]

...when you're getting your hair cut?

I know this is off topic, but oh well, lol.

Where I work, up front there are toys for the little mongrels to play with.
Most of the time, the parents run off to the station that they're getting beautiful/handsome at, and leave the kids up front.
A. We feel like we have to 'watch' them.
B. They aren't really supervised.
C. It's a pain in the ass, lol.

The kids that behave, it's not a problem. They sit, play, and are quiet.
The bad ones scream and throw toys around, and try and get out the front door.

The parents that don't really care what their kids are doing really piss me off.



Today for instance. A guy brought 3 kids with him. He was getting his hair cut. The mongrels were up front playing. Well, demolishing would be the word. Accosting the candy dish, going behind the counter, pricking with the Christmas tree, slamming the toy trucks into eachother, the works.
Finally, boss lady told them to stop beating up the toys.
So they ran away from here, and came over to where I was.
They're being loud, obnoxious, still slamming the trucks, pulling the lights off the tree....
*Shudder* I felt my eyes rolling around in my head.

I was trying to do a hair cut, and I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown, LOL.
I finally stepped out of my station, and said, "I do believe you guys were told not to slam the toys around."
They looked at me like they didn't give a shit.

Okay. Whatever.

They kept it up, doing the same shit....

So I stepped out again, and said, "All right, you guys need to go back up front. You're being loud and obnoxious and I don't appriciate it."

They went back up front, and I just knew I was going to be confronted by an angry father.
But my thought was, if he was keeping tabs on his damn asshole children in the first place, no one would have had to say anything to them.


I don't have any kids, and I'm not sure I want any.
I know it's not sunshine and roses raising kids, but damn!
The way some act, you'd think they'd never been in public before!

So I guess the point of this great big rambly post, is what do you guys do?

And, considering the situation, how many of you would have been offended that someone else stepped in and said something to your kid?

Sorry this turned out to be so long, lol... But I'll appriciate the feedback!

~K

Kids and parents like that get on my pecs no end. It's parents who are incapable of looking after their kids and teaching them manners.

When I was 3 or so, I apparently chucked a full-on tantrum in WH Smiths. Purple face, screaming, fists beating the floor, the works. My mother said, "Right, we're off now. You can come if you want, or you can stay there," and walked out of the shop. 3 seconds later, I was up and after her, tantrum forgotten. Didn't do it again.

If that was my children causing that much commotion, I would have excused myself from the hairdresser and gone to tell them off before they cause any more trouble, rather than just sitting there and doing nothing. Apart from anything else, it's rude to everyone else in the near vicinity to let your children behave like that and teaches them that that's acceptable behaviour.

Full marks to you Kitten. Although I would've been tempted to go one step further and go to the father and tell him that you wouldn't continue to cut his hair unless he controlled his kids.

The Earl

 

[EmeraldKitten]

Thanks for replying guys.

Mat, I don't know why he brought them with him.
Maybe wifey needed a break? I know I would.
If I wouldn't have slit my wrists first, LOL.
That's not funny.

Earl, I wasn't cutting the dad's hair. But those kids put me in a bad mood, lol.
Once they left, I asked my boss "who those demons" belonged to, LOL.
I never did see the father.

Of course, my boss can't say too much about bad kids.

Her mongrels are at the shop all the damn time.
In fact, her 11 year old was there almost all day.
He accomplished spitting part of a candy cane at me, and throwing a paper 'football' at me and hitting me in the eye. That little bastard was lucky I didn't level him.
But, I'm a nice girl...
However, lol, he threw the 'football' at another of the girls, and she said, "Do it again, and you'll be pickin your ass up off the floor."
He didn't do it again, LOL.

*Sigh*

I oughta just get my tubes tied, hehehe.

 

[matriarch]

Thanks for replying guys.

Mat, I don't know why he brought them with him.
Maybe wifey needed a break? I know I would.
If I wouldn't have slit my wrists first, LOL.
That's not funny.

Earl, I wasn't cutting the dad's hair. But those kids put me in a bad mood, lol.
Once they left, I asked my boss "who those demons" belonged to, LOL.
I never did see the father.

Of course, my boss can't say too much about bad kids.

Her mongrels are at the shop all the damn time.
In fact, her 11 year old was there almost all day.
He accomplished spitting part of a candy cane at me, and throwing a paper 'football' at me and hitting me in the eye. That little bastard was lucky I didn't level him.
But, I'm a nice girl...
However, lol, he threw the 'football' at another of the girls, and she said, "Do it again, and you'll be pickin your ass up off the floor."
He didn't do it again, LOL.

*Sigh*

I oughta just get my tubes tied, hehehe.

I like that other girl.

No need to get your tubes tied, I doubt you'd be an irresponsible parent.

 

[fifty5]

...when you're getting your hair cut?

Both of mine are over 30 now. Dunno just what I (or, more likely, their mum) did right, but we never had that sort of hassle. I guess its the same as with puppies - make sure they know when they're doing things right (and then the wrong things seem second rate by comparison.)

Accentuate the positive and the negative gives fewer probs!

Eff

 

[EmeraldKitten]

Thanks Mat. If I end up with bad kids, I'll give 'em up for adoption. LOL.
Not really! I'm kidding.


Howdy Eff. Glad to hear ya never had that trouble.
You're quite right. (About the postive/negative issue.)
I'm not trying to raise these people's kids.
Just trying to refrain from beating them, lol.

Thanks for replying!

 

[Guest]

...when you're getting your hair cut? . . .

~K

Gameboy Advance SP.

Highlights Magazine and Washable Markers.

Goosebumps Series Paperback Books.

These would keep my kids happy and well-occupied during the time required for a haircut.

BUT - my children would never be out of my sight.


Hang in there, Kitten - so sorry some parents are such irresponsible assholes.

 

[SeaCat]

Hmmmmmm, not having kids of my own I can only say congrats to you for not losing it with the three imps. (Although I still say Duct Tape and Velcro Jackets should be stocked in every place that has to watch over other peoples kids.)

Cat

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Fortunatly, I'm not a single parent. So things like haircuts are easier. When one of us has to go out for a while the other handles the girls.

But when I have the girls by myself and am trying to get something done, I follow about on what S3 said. Books, crayons, certian toys.

But I am also a very protective father. When I go out anywhere with the girls, they hardly ever get more than 10 feet from me. If we're in a store or the mall, it's more like 5 feet.

My wife is in a couple of Mom's Clubs so we end up going to a LOT of b-day parties and cookouts. I'm always amazed at how some people (more so the fathers, but some mothers) don't watch out for their kids. I'm talking 2 and 3 year olds here.

We're at a b-day party with about 20 kids, mostly 2-3yo and maybe 40 adults. I'm at the swingset with my daughter and I'm one of three adults there, with about 8 kids. Naturally one of the kids falls and scrapes her knee. So being a good guy I carried her back to the food tables and find her mother.

The mother yells at me and says I was watching the kids and shouldn't let these things happen! I don't even know this womans name and she's yelling at me for not watching her kid while she's chatting it up.

I informed her that I wasn't a nanny. I furthere suggested that if she wants to continue to let her 2 year old climb on a 6 foot high swingset that she should get off her ample posterior and watch her herself.

Poeple piss me off.

 

[EmeraldKitten]

Sarahh, good for you! lol. And thanks.
Some parents bring coloring books, crayons, books, etc.. One lady brought a portable DVD player while she got a perm. The kid sat there and watched a movie.

Cat, thanks. I tried to be nice and control myself, lol.
And I heartily agree about the duct tape and velcro jackets! LOL.


I read an article in a salon magazine not too long ago, about children in the salon.
One guy simply banned children from his shop at all times, even for haircuts.
Another guy had a sign posted, that read:
"We cannot accomodate your child unless they have an appointment."

Of course, this is some upscale shop that charges a zillion dollars for a haircut, LOL.

But I agree with that. If the kid isnt being supervised, it's not safe, and it's not comfortable for the stylists, or the other customers in the shop.
I mean, some of these kids will get into the stations. There are scissors and razors about people! lol.
(Aside from the fact that they spin on the chairs. That is my definate pet peeve. Probably because my mom is a hairdresser, and I've spun on a hydraulic chair once. I did it, she busted my ass, and I sat in it without moving. Ever since then too. My mom spanked hard, lol.)

 

[EmeraldKitten]

Fortunatly, I'm not a single parent. So things like haircuts are easier. When one of us has to go out for a while the other handles the girls.

But when I have the girls by myself and am trying to get something done, I follow about on what S3 said. Books, crayons, certian toys.

But I am also a very protective father. When I go out anywhere with the girls, they hardly ever get more than 10 feet from me. If we're in a store or the mall, it's more like 5 feet.

My wife is in a couple of Mom's Clubs so we end up going to a LOT of b-day parties and cookouts. I'm always amazed at how some people (more so the fathers, but some mothers) don't watch out for their kids. I'm talking 2 and 3 year olds here.

We're at a b-day party with about 20 kids, mostly 2-3yo and maybe 40 adults. I'm at the swingset with my daughter and I'm one of three adults there, with about 8 kids. Naturally one of the kids falls and scrapes her knee. So being a good guy I carried her back to the food tables and find her mother.

The mother yells at me and says I was watching the kids and shouldn't let these things happen! I don't even know this womans name and she's yelling at me for not watching her kid while she's chatting it up.

I informed her that I wasn't a nanny. I furthere suggested that if she wants to continue to let her 2 year old climb on a 6 foot high swingset that she should get off her ample posterior and watch her herself.

Poeple piss me off.

CD, you can come to the shop I work at for a hair cut any time you want.
I'll even give it to ya for free, LOL.


I think what it is- this is a very small town. Villiage actually. So I don't think that people think their kids are gonna get abducted. So the mongrels sitting up by the front door with the toys, while the parents are 20 feet back getting a haircut are safe, LOL. Dumb shits.
The odds of that are very slim. But ya never know.
It seems like half these parents would be willing to pay a kidnapper to take the kids, lol.
(I would. )



Oh, and one other thing that irks me.

A mom/dad gets done getting their hair cut, and they come up front.
Little Johnny is hanging from the blinds.
Mom or dad says, "Oh Johnny, get down from there." In a nice voice.
The kid screams no, and climbs to the ceiling by the blinds.

Do they not know how to make a mean voice? Or spank 'em or something? lol.
That absolute irks the shit out of me.


Wow, I'm such a pleasant person, LOL.

 

[TheEarl]

Kitten: I feel your pain. I worked as a lifeguard for a while and saw some truly appalling parenting. Some kids with absolutely no appreciation for manners or decorum at all. My boss chucked one kid out of the pool and then went to inform his parents (who hadn't been watching) where their kid had gone.

Two enduring memories: The first was this little 4 y/o who couldn't really swim, didn't have armbands and who'd been plonked in the pool with a float whilst his parents found sunloungers. The kid promptly lost his float and sank 4 ft to the bottom of the pool. I jumped in, pulled out this poor, panicking little kid, made sure he was all right and still breathing and calmed him down a bit. His dad comes up next to me and says "Oh, he's always messing around like that," picks up his kid and puts him back in the pool again!

After I'd gone back in to rescue the little boy (who was crying hysterically at this point after having his breathing privileges removed twice in the space of a minute), I very calmly informed the parents that neither they, nor their child were coming back to the pool until they bought him a pair of armbands and went into the pool with him at all times.

The father looked at me blankly and said, "Well that's absolutely ridiculous! You're supposed to look after him; why do we have to be with him all the time?"

No, I'm really not kidding.


The second one was even more disturbing. Had a couple causing a bit of trouble around the edge of the pool and completely ignoring their 6 y/o kid. They were a little tipsy and were on the verge of getting chucked out, when we suddenly noticed that they'd disappeared from their sunlougers.

Me: "Errr, where've they gone?"
Other Lifeguard: "They're in the changing room."
(The changing room being a little free-standing cubicle in the corner with no roof and a gap at the bottom of the door)

Both of us looked at the changing cubicle, which was vibrating slightly.

Me: "They're not, are they?"
OL: "Yep."
Me: "Well, shouldn't we...?"
OL: "You wanna go interrupt them?"
Me: "No."

Pause whilst we try and ignore the rocking cubicle.

Me: "Where's their kid gone?"

We both turn to look and see that there are three pairs of feet in that changing room.

OL: "He's in there with them?"

Yes, these paradigms of parents had taken their kid into the cubicle with them whilst they were having sex, so as not to arouse our suspicions.


Our race scares me sometimes. It really does.

The Earl

 

[EmeraldKitten]

Kitten: I feel your pain. I worked as a lifeguard for a while and saw some truly appalling parenting. Some kids with absolutely no appreciation for manners or decorum at all. My boss chucked one kid out of the pool and then went to inform his parents (who hadn't been watching) where their kid had gone.

Two enduring memories: The first was this little 4 y/o who couldn't really swim, didn't have armbands and who'd been plonked in the pool with a float whilst his parents found sunloungers. The kid promptly lost his float and sank 4 ft to the bottom of the pool. I jumped in, pulled out this poor, panicking little kid, made sure he was all right and still breathing and calmed him down a bit. His dad comes up next to me and says "Oh, he's always messing around like that," picks up his kid and puts him back in the pool again!

After I'd gone back in to rescue the little boy (who was crying hysterically at this point after having his breathing privileges removed twice in the space of a minute), I very calmly informed the parents that neither they, nor their child were coming back to the pool until they bought him a pair of armbands and went into the pool with him at all times.

The father looked at me blankly and said, "Well that's absolutely ridiculous! You're supposed to look after him; why do we have to be with him all the time?"

No, I'm really not kidding.


The second one was even more disturbing. Had a couple causing a bit of trouble around the edge of the pool and completely ignoring their 6 y/o kid. They were a little tipsy and were on the verge of getting chucked out, when we suddenly noticed that they'd disappeared from their sunlougers.

Me: "Errr, where've they gone?"
Other Lifeguard: "They're in the changing room."
(The changing room being a little free-standing cubicle in the corner with no roof and a gap at the bottom of the door)

Both of us looked at the changing cubicle, which was vibrating slightly.

Me: "They're not, are they?"
OL: "Yep."
Me: "Well, shouldn't we...?"
OL: "You wanna go interrupt them?"
Me: "No."

Pause whilst we try and ignore the rocking cubicle.

Me: "Where's their kid gone?"

We both turn to look and see that there are three pairs of feet in that changing room.

OL: "He's in there with them?"

Yes, these paradigms of parents had taken their kid into the cubicle with them whilst they were having sex, so as not to arouse our suspicions.


Our race scares me sometimes. It really does.

The Earl

I cannot believe all that.
Having your kid act like a fucker at a barber/beauty shop and doing nothing about it is one thing.
Endangering their life at a pool is a whole different ball game.
Jesus. I can't even imagine.
I wouldn't ever be able to be a life guard. I'll tell those people what piss-poor parents they were, then go call Children's Services.

I wonder why some people breed.

 

[TheEarl]

Oh, and one other thing that irks me.

A mom/dad gets done getting their hair cut, and they come up front.
Little Johnny is hanging from the blinds.
Mom or dad says, "Oh Johnny, get down from there." In a nice voice.
The kid screams no, and climbs to the ceiling by the blinds.

Do they not know how to make a mean voice? Or spank 'em or something? lol.
That absolute irks the shit out of me.


Wow, I'm such a pleasant person, LOL.

I like you anyway. That kinda thing pisses me off no end.

"Johnny, don't do that," in a very reasonable voice, like they've spent the last hour on Lithium. Well I'm afraid there will be occasions when your kids hate you and there will be times when you have to raise your voice or spank them. You're not their friend, you are their parent. If you raise them correctly then they will be your friend, but you have to learn that you will make yourself unpopular when you discipline them. If you can't deal with that, don't have kids.

There was a program on television in England called "SuperNanny." It was reality television, where this professional nanny went around and taught parents with little shits how to parent. There was this one family who had a little boy who'd run into a room whilst they were watching television and switch the TV and the lights off, then run out, just because he wanted to disturb the equilibrium. And these parents would just sit in the dark until he decided he wanted the lights back on because they didn't want to upset him.

People scare me.

The Earl

 

[TheEarl]

I cannot believe all that.
Having your kid act like a fucker at a barber/beauty shop and doing nothing about it is one thing.
Endangering their life at a pool is a whole different ball game.
Jesus. I can't even imagine.
I wouldn't ever be able to be a life guard. I'll tell those people what piss-poor parents they were, then go call Children's Services.

I wonder why some people breed.

All true. And sadly not even the beginning of some of the things I saw in just 3 months of lifeguarding at that pool. Went to health spa place after that and watched kids who had been brought up by the best nannies that money could buy.

The Earl

 

[EmeraldKitten]

I like you anyway. That kinda thing pisses me off no end.

"Johnny, don't do that," in a very reasonable voice, like they've spent the last hour on Lithium. Well I'm afraid there will be occasions when your kids hate you and there will be times when you have to raise your voice or spank them. You're not their friend, you are their parent. If you raise them correctly then they will be your friend, but you have to learn that you will make yourself unpopular when you discipline them. If you can't deal with that, don't have kids.

There was a program on television in England called "SuperNanny." It was reality television, where this professional nanny went around and taught parents with little shits how to parent. There was this one family who had a little boy who'd run into a room whilst they were watching television and switch the TV and the lights off, then run out, just because he wanted to disturb the equilibrium. And these parents would just sit in the dark until he decided he wanted the lights back on because they didn't want to upset him.

People scare me.

The Earl

Why thank you, lol. I like you too.

One of the women I work with has a 10 year old daughter. She can use that reasonable voice, and her kid listens.
Because her daughter knows mom means business, and if she doesn't cooperate, she won't like the results.

I wish that SuperNanny show was on here. That'd be fun.
If my kid switched off the lights and turned the channel, I'd bust him one.
And I sure as hell wouldn't sit in the dark to keep from upsetting him.

My nephew and my sister are both good for me. Better for me than they are for their parents.
But I don't take any shit from them. With a look, or speaking their name, they get the message and they knock off whatever they're doing.
I don't know if I'm intimidating, or just meaner than hell, LOL.
I'm not mean really. I'd rather have fun. But I won't take a misbehaving shit-ass out in public.

*Sweet smile*

 

[SeaCat]

I cannot believe all that.
Having your kid act like a fucker at a barber/beauty shop and doing nothing about it is one thing.
Endangering their life at a pool is a whole different ball game.
Jesus. I can't even imagine.
I wouldn't ever be able to be a life guard. I'll tell those people what piss-poor parents they were, then go call Children's Services.

I wonder why some people breed.

If you have a hard time believing that just go to a public beach some time and watch the people with kids. It truly amazes me that more kids don't become fish food. Then again maybe it doesn't surprise me, there are too many other people there who will rescue the little Sand Monkeys when their parents are too busy chatting up the other parents to notice they have gotten themselves into trouble.

The ones who truly get me going are the parents who can't be bothered to watch their brats, but have screaming fits when some one else dares say or do anything about the kids running amok.

Cat

 

[EmeraldKitten]

The ones who truly get me going are the parents who can't be bothered to watch their brats, but have screaming fits when some one else dares say or do anything about the kids running amok.

Cat

I agree.
My boss has 3 boys. A 5 year old, an 11 year old, and a 16 year old.
Those kids don't respect her at all.
They run all over the shop. Yes, their mom owns it, but the equptiment, aside from the chairs and the stations themselves, are ours.
She has no control over her kids. She used to say, "Now I know why hamsters eat their young."
I've started her on saying, "I should have drowned them at birth." LMFAO.

Anyhow, her 16 year old man-handles her, her 11 year old hits her back if she tries to spank him, and her 5 year old... he's just a demon. He listens to no one. None of them do.

One day, the 5 year old was at my station. He pumped my chair up all the way. I told him to stop, I pushed him away from my chair, let the chair down, and expected that to be the end of it. Nope. He sat on the chair and started spinning it.
I've already said this is my massive pet peeve.
I told him to stop. About 2 times. He kept spinning.
Finally, on a spin towards me, I lifted up my leg and slammed my foot down on the seat to stop the spinning.
"I said Stop. It." I said, between gritted teeth.
The look of fear in that kids eyes was classic.
He's not spun my chair since.

Boss lady hasn't ever said anything to me about it, but she gets pissed if one of us says anything to her kids.
But ya know what, if she could control them, we wouldn't have to.

 

[Weird Harold]

I wish that SuperNanny show was on here. That'd be fun.

Nanny 911 is the American version; it's on Fox Wednesdays at 9 PM according to the article in the Dec 5-11 edition of TV Guide.

 

[matriarch]

Phew...........I am sooooooo glad to read this. I was beginning to think it was me having too high expectations of parental responsibilities.

Thank you people.

Now I know my kids weren't/aren't paragons of virtue, just well-adjusted kids who knew how to behave in public.

And all those images of bad parenting......I see so much of it out in the streets now, like Earl, it scares me. It really scares me.

I work for the local education department......SEN (Special Educational Needs) and Access and Inclusion. We have to hold pre-court panel meetings with parents of pupils who are persistant non-attenders, with the pupil present as well.

The attitude of some of these parents is unbelievable. It makes me despair of the future.

 

[doormouse]

Today for instance. A guy brought 3 kids with him. He was getting his hair cut. The mongrels were up front playing. Well, demolishing would be the word.
~K

I'm sorry, but I had to laugh at this LOL

I must be lucky, or my kids just know better. I see little asshole kids when I go out and can't help but smile at my little angels.

And I'm getting into hairdressing??? God help me lol

 

[gauchecritic]

There's really no such thing as bad parenting.

The reasonable voice works for some kids, the top-of-the-lungs thing works for others. Slapped legs halts some and just the threat will cool others.

The distracted mother who has no control over nor respect from her children, I've found, is the mother who has no say nor respect from her husband.

The father that seems to have no control, in my experience, neither wants nor cares about control.

Kids, from a very early age, act or re-act, to parental relationships, they learn that a mother is there to obey the father's whim, a father will care little about what is happening with his wife (until it affects him). Often, kids will act towards one parent in exactly the same way as their partner.

I realise this is very simplistic, but it is what I've learned from seeing parents try to raise their children in poor marriages/relationships. (poor being a widely distributed term over various social levels)

 

[doormouse]

There's really no such thing as bad parenting.

I strongly have to disagree with you here. . sorry gauche.

I've been the bad parent.

I've seen what bad parenting can do to a child.

I was left with a bruised ego, broken hand, pin after surgery, sprained other wrist, kids in need of counselling...

They had their counselling the very next day, but even though they came shining through, I didn't.

I had at least 6 weeks with not a cent to my name... my ex cleaned the accounts... thank GOD for Chrisco!!!!

I let my self pity take over and on the really bad days, I couldn't even be bothered getting out of bed to take my kids to school.

It was only after that first parent/teacher interview I realised how fucking selfish I'd been and saw how my youngest daughter's grades were slipping that I really slapped myself in the face and turned myself around.

She's now back in the top half of the class, reads to me daily, can spell words that make my head spin.. she's only six...

Yes, gauche, sorry to disagree, but bad parenting really does affect kids... I learned from my own selfish ways.

I fucking love my daughters.. there's not a person in the world who can argue with me there. I just let my own self pity take over. Never again.

Those uncontrollable little bastards just might need a hug now and then and reassurance that they're really not that bad.

 

[blokefromthepub]

I strongly have to disagree with you here. . sorry gauche.



I fucking love my daughters.. there's not a person in the world who can argue with me there. I just let my own self pity take over. Never again.

Those uncontrollable little bastards just might need a hug now and then and reassurance that they're really not that bad.

huggss mousey......i think ive told you how much i admire the way you put the little mice first......although we havent talked about it.....i knew there must have been times when things were tough for you AND them....and you have come through it with courage and grace.....you have much to be proud of darlin
hats off to you