Enough Already

I really need to stay out of WalMart.  Forget the kids acting out - I want to grab the parents and shake them.  How do you just stand there and let your child talk to you like you are the kid?  It seems to further I walked into the store, the worse it was getting.

How many times does a child have to ask for something and the parent keeps saying no, and the item ends up in the cart anyway?  How many times does the kid have to scream and say "I hate you" before the parent gets tired of hearing?  How many times do you have be called names by that ungrateful child who thinks he is entitled to the world?  How much longer are we going to apathetic?  How many more times will you say, "wait till your dad gets home?"


One of my followers has an issue(he knows I am writing this).  He is being mentally beat down by his wife because he has no job - join the club.  So I asked him what he does to contribute to the household.  He does what any man worth his weight would do.  He cooks - following the recipe as closely as possible, cleans, takes the kids to schools and works odd jobs when he can get one.  He was once a Financial Planner and can't find a job.  Every employer tells him he is their second choice and they went with a different candidate (code for younger and cheaper).  Anyway, the problem is that he is tired of being verbally beat up when the wife is stressed out.  He has only been out of work for 3 months and has been blessed to have a 7 month cash reserve built up.  They had plans to use that money for a European trip that is now on hold.

The bigger issue isn't the lack of work, it's the name calling in front of the kids, in public and at family events.  She is almost like Angela on Why Did I Get Married.  I thought about it and this is what I think.  A man is only going to take so much.  If in his heart he is doing the best he can with the situation at hand - calm down.  Keep on, and he is going to leave.  I would rather he stay and work it out.  A man's pride is a very fragile area.  If she is feeling threatened because the trip is off, or her lifestyle is about to change, set back-take a breathe and relax.  ALL of us are having to make some very tough decisions these past few years and in the immediate future.

This might sound hard, but it is not intended to be cruel or mean.  Sometimes we just need someone to tell us what they think.  You don't have to agree with it, but it was asked so here I go.

No, you may not be able to take that trip-go later, your family and bills come first.  Take a trip to a local destination and save your money.  No, you might not find another job in the industry and you should prepare yourself  for that. Yes, you might have to keep house for a while longer and all of the other things you do.  It won't kill you.  Guess what, the dynamic of the home is changing and more and more dads are at home in reversed roles. Buckle up buddy and take the ride.  Just like her, you signed up for the part of the vows that said for better or for worse.  I know your kid is a handful at school and the teachers want you to get him medical help.  If you aren't willing to get the Ritalin - then you sit next to him in class to keep him from acting up so that the rest of the kids can learn something.  And, it's called discipline - if he isn't ADD or ADHD, punish his butt.  Stop sparing the rod and spoiling him.  He only cry tears, not blood.

Teachers have a hard enough time teaching 20+ kids and you send Billy Bad Butt to school to add to the frustration, NOT!!!  Stop saying you are going homeschool him when you are complaining about how he acts at home.  He will never learn anything if you are upset with him for the way he acts.  He will end up in front of the T.V., playing video games, or in his room playing with toys.  GET THE CHILD SOME HELP!!!!  Your local school system has programs in place for him that you should be taking advantage of.

Someone, please stop the insanity.  The mother who was recently arrested and put in jail for putting her kids in a better school system that she didn't live in, is not random.  First - she needs to be set free.  She is not the first and she won't be the last.  Why make an example out of her?  What are her kids supposed to do now without her at home?  Are you going to crowd the jails with everyone else who is doing it, when you allows thieves, murderers, rapists and abusers to get  away with what they do?

Enough already!!!!  Wake up America and take control.  We have had enough of the inmates running the asylum.  Enough already - speak up when you see injustice.  Enough already - kids learn to RESPECT YOUR PARENTS AND YOUR ELDERS, or get popped in the mouth like I did when I was kid.  Trust me, you will learn.

I'm just saying, as a people we are too complacent when it comes to common decency and respect of other peoples feelings.  No, I am not saying to act like everything is roses and daisies.  Think about how you are presenting the words you are saying and how they taste going out of your mouth.  Take a long hard look at that person's face when you finally shut up from all of that unnecessary yelling and screaming.  Words are like toothpaste, once it's out - you can't put it back in the tube.