“These kids today!” Has something like this happened to you?
Posted on September 7, 2007 in Parenthood by DM
Dear Lord, I do NOT want to be one of those people who goes around wondering “What is it with these kids today?” But I can’t help myself.
I had an experience on Wednesday that made me indescribably angry. Turns out it is not an isolated incident, as this story from Thursday’s Register shows.
I was driving home from work north along 2nd Avenue. I was going with the flow of traffic, about 40 mph, but the speed limit on this stretch is 30 mph. I took note of my speed and slowed down, because the PD frequently runs radar along here. There was a green and silver pickup truck right on my bumper, impatient to get around me. At the first opportunity, the driver zips out and speeds around me, and I look over to give them a dirty look as they go by. At that point, a kid - a kid about ten years old! - gives me the finger as they drive by.
I was so p*ssed at this little cretin having the nerve to do that with an adult I assumed to be his parent driving the truck. As karma would have it, we both got stopped at the red light a couple blocks further up the street. So I, in my infinite wisdom, yelled out my window “DID YOU SEE YOUR SON GIVE ME THE FINGER? THAT’S PRETTY COOL WHAT YOU TAUGHT HIM!” And the kid turns to the adult, then laughs, and then as we both pull away from the light he does it again.
I was livid when I got home. And now today I read about a teen girl giving an adult man the same gesture when he told her not to litter, and her dad comes over to beat the crap out of the guy for “daring” to school his daughter!!
Grrrrrr!!! THESE KIDS TODAY!!
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That’s horrible! Ya know, if my son did that to someone. Woohoo he would be in for a world of trouble.
A lot of parents these days just don’t seem to care about what their kids are doing. It’s why my son is rarely let out of my site. I don’t trust him not to be an 8 year old boy. LOL And I don’t trust the parents of the kids around us to take responsibility for their actions. I’ve seen it happen too many times around us where we live.
I agree, Heather - there seems to be a whole subset of parents who are of the “my kid can do no wrong” school of thought. They drive me at least as batty as their disrespectful kids! I swear someday I am going to be that mean old lady down the street with fourteen cats who spends the day yelling, “YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!!”