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In reply to the discussion: 18 year old sues parents for kicking her out and not paying her tuition [View all]Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)lenient, over-generous "friends" to their kids.
Unfortunately, it's a trend, a fad, to spoil kids intensely. I have a friend who is secretary at a high school. Until I met her, I had no idea that a secretary at a school is one of the "gate-keepers" to the school. She has some stories that are doozies. Stories such as, a kid called a parent (after lunch) and said, "I want a chocolate milk shake. Pleease bring me one! Pleeeeeeeeeeease!" (This, during class, and another student heard her). So what did the parent do? She rushed out of work, went through the drive-thru, bought the milkshake, and was suddenly standing in front of the secretary yelling at her because she refused to take her kid out of math class so she could enjoy her milkshake. She finally had to take her out of class, and the mother and daughter sat there as she enjoyed her milkshake while the math class was going on. One of a father who walked into the school demanding to see his daughter immediately during a phys. ed. event. Apparently he wanted to give her a gift, and it had to be immediately so she could "get happy." Multiple stories of kids that claimed to be sick, when just a second before they'd been joking around and high-fiving, and suddenly the parents are there like johnny-on-the-spot to pick up the kid and take him home, and later the kids are seen out on the street enjoying themselves. Students that ask their parents to quickly do an essay asap and bring it to the school with the student's name on it so the kid could turn it in as homework. There are stories galore. Parents like these make school look like a zoo rather than a school. She sees a lot. The rest of us see a lot as well. It's insane and ridiculous, this trend to give kids a white glove royalty treatment. The results are quite evident. But you're right, not all are this way.
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