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BKH34

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Parents need to get back to washing/brushing their kids mouth out with soap imo - that always worked on me, can still taste it *vividly*.
When I was around 9 years old I mouthed off at my mom and she sat me in a chair in the middle of the room with the toys and the remote and the Super Nintendo and all the other stuff I'd normally have, only it was all just out of arm's reach.
 

BBdK

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I got grounded from Electronics on occasion. Killa got grounded from his Jordans. #1stWorldProblems
 

anthonys735

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-On the way from Chicago to Orlando, on the Disney flight, with several crying babies and little ones yapping and BY FAR the most annoying people were the 2 old hens behind me with a thick northern midwest accent(dontcha know) that talked every second we were on the plane. Like no breaks in action. Every single second on a 2.5 hour 7:30am flight. The 2 minutes a baby was crying was a damn relief.

-**** does happen and nature is involved but I still attribute a ton to parenting. I'm not cutting myself any slack there.

-IMO, best thing my parents did was make me get a job at 16, take me to get a checking account, and cosign on a credit card all at the same time. May be a unpaid, volunteer, etc but we're dead set on that with G.

-Guess we've never beat a top 15 SEC(3 games) opponent on the road under Cal, all pretty good margins, a win Saturday would change everything.
 

Hank Camacho

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May 7, 2002
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I've honestly only been out maybe once or twice where a child was going apeshit and being a huge annoyance. I guess I've been lucky with that, but I have a feeling most people greatly exaggerate their bad kid in restaurant experiences. Or maybe stop going to Chuck E. Cheese.

Eh. I've been out many, many times where a kid was crying, wailing, throwing a tantrum, etc. and the parents just ignored it and kept eating.

This also often occurs in other areas of public like grocery stores, etc.

Maybe parents just get immune to how irritating their kids are to other people and zone out completely.
 

Century Cat

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Eh. I've been out many, many times where a kid was crying, wailing, throwing a tantrum, etc. and the parents just ignored it and kept eating.

This also often occurs in other areas of public like grocery stores, etc.

Maybe parents just get immune to how irritating their kids are to other people and zone out completely.

You must frequent places that attract low-rent parents.
 
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Century Cat

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-im on team nature (vs nurture)...you can try to "mold" a kid, but the raw material is the raw material. Certainly bad vs. good circumstances can have an effect...but genes are genes.

 

Brandon Stroud

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The thing about "well one kid turned out fine and the other one didn't" is that a lot of times the parents actually did suck. They were just middle class, lived in a nice area, and didn't go out of their way to be awful. Yeah, most kids will come out of that environment fine, but a few straying from the routine is to be expected when you hope the environment does most of the parenting.

- I was being a smartass, playing with a ball and paddle close to my Mom's face while she was on the phone. She hung up, grabbed it from me, ripped the ball and string off and broke the paddle over my *** in what felt like one single motion. Love you, Mom!
 

BBdK

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Kids are going to cry -- Just don't be the parent that lets your kid kick the **** out of the seat in front of them for the entire flight. I've had to raise up, turn aound, and address this more than once, and while awkward, it simply had to be done.
 

anthonys735

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Eh. I've been out many, many times where a kid was crying, wailing, throwing a tantrum, etc. and the parents just ignored it and kept eating.

This also often occurs in other areas of public like grocery stores, etc.

Maybe parents just get immune to how irritating their kids are to other people and zone out completely.
No. False. Hell I was just at Disney Animal Kingdom, with 10,00 kids and didn't experience this. You're the problem.
Anth, get some headphones bubba.
I had them on at 75% watching a movie. Honestly, one of the worst flight experiences.
Kids are going to cry -- Just don't be the parent that lets your kid kick the **** out of the seat in front of them for the entire flight. I've had to raise up, turn around, and address this more than once, and while awkward, it simply had to be done.
Gotta watch it, this happened with a little girl being loud and kicking my seat on a flight recently, I was biting my tongue, then we get to baggage claim I realize her Mom was deaf and the kid obviously special needs.
 
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TheShowKiller

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Tell you one thing I've noticed that has certainly changed in generations is the accepted notion of calling adults, of all ages, by their first names. Even teachers, coaches, etc.

My daughter's friends do this, 12 and 13 year olds...it doesn't make them bad kids, actually, most are very well mannered but somewhere along the way the Mr and Mrs ____________ just went out the door. I still make my daughter do it and she thinks I'm being ridiculous.

I don't even remember knowing most of my friend's parent's first names, tbh.
 

BBdK

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Eh, I'll take my chances on that & trust in my ability to judge the situation, yours was obviously incredibly rare. I always give several obvious 'raise up and peek behind' warnings to Mom/Dad before taking action.

In my most recent instance, the mom was listening to Hip Hop on ****** headphones that 1/3 of the cabin could hear and child was playing on his IPAD. Think he was playing a game where you get points every time you kick the **** out of my seat.
 

anthonys735

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Eh, I'll take my chances on that & trust in my ability to judge the situation. I always give several obvious 'raise up and peek behind' warnings to Mom/Dad before taking action.
Would be pretty rare but I'm glad I didn't. Would've most likely ended up in a dark corner of hell for that one.
 
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-cursed my mom (5'4" 100lbs) as a 13yo punk...she hit me with a frying pan. Had it coming. She once blacked my older brothers eye with a shoe from 10 paces, uphill after chasing him around the yard and hurdling a 4' fence. She was a great athlete and a better woman.

She’s a F’ing psychopath.
 

Century Cat

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Tell you one thing I've noticed that has certainly changed in generations is the accepted notion of calling adults, of all ages, by their first names. Even teachers, coaches, etc.

My daughter's friends do this, 12 and 13 year olds...it doesn't make them bad kids, actually, most are very well mannered but somewhere along the way the Mr and Mrs ____________ just went out the door. I still make my daughter do it and she thinks I'm being ridiculous.

I don't even remember knowing most of my friend's parent's first names, tbh.

Yes, it's everywhere. Really bothers me and I try to correct it every chance I get. But it's so prevalent and commonplace, it's like swimming against the current to make them use Mr. and Mrs. these days. And many parents seem to welcome it, which doesn't make it any easier to teach them properly.

Just hope I've drilled it into them enough to where they at least pause and think about it / use first names very rarely.
 
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west-ky-wildcat

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Tell you one thing I've noticed that has certainly changed in generations is the accepted notion of calling adults, of all ages, by their first names. Even teachers, coaches, etc.

The new trend in education is for teachers to be called by their first name. I worked at a high school where they put my first and last name on the door to encourage students to call me by my first name.
 

TriangleUKCat

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We have a friend who is really great about pretty much everything except corralling her 5 year old. He's a smart kid but good lord.

We were at a playground with them recently and the kid started forcing random kids to play "Cops and Robbers", pushing them against walls and asking them "why did you do it???" The other kids were obviously like wtf. Mom did nothing. It actually kind of disturbed me. I quietly apologized about the behavior to the other parents that were there out of feeling guilty by association.
 

cricket3

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I work with a couple women who call everyone Mr. or Ms. doesn't matter their age so I've got a woman 20 years old than me calling me Mr. Josh. It's weird.
 

mashburned

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We have a friend who is really great about pretty much everything except corralling her 5 year old. He's a smart kid but good lord.

We were at a playground with them recently and the kid started forcing random kids to play "Cops and Robbers", pushing them against walls and asking them "why did you do it???" The other kids were obviously like wtf. Mom did nothing. It actually kind of disturbed me. I quietly apologized about the behavior to the other parents that were there out of feeling guilty by association.

You know this is how fur children establish order in the pack, right? By playing.
 

Rex Kwon Do

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I'm almost 40 (a man), and I still feel awkward calling adults from my childhood (like Killa's mom, for example) by their first names, and usually still do not until I'm 'reprimanded'.
This. Any adult I came to know through my parents are Mr. or Mrs. until they explicitly tell me not to. Some insist, some just go with it prolly more for nostalgia sake which I like/am fine with as well. Hell, had that sitch come up today with a “Mr” getting doled out.

Have become “friends” with a few of my Dad’s friends in the years since he’s passed and those feel right calling by first name (after they insisted of course) other than that I’m fine with Mr and Mrs for all the others the rest of my life.

BIG TIME IE BIGGER THAN BRAX youth football and basketball coaching has opened my eyes, way too many calling me Coach Rex and not Coach Kwon Do....transitioning to full time of the latter. Too many adults trying to be “cool” to a bunch of utes and that’s a bad look.
 
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cole854

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Eh. I've been out many, many times where a kid was crying, wailing, throwing a tantrum, etc. and the parents just ignored it and kept eating.

This also often occurs in other areas of public like grocery stores, etc.

Maybe parents just get immune to how irritating their kids are to other people and zone out completely.


You really need help for the anger you have at every walk of life. Go get a coloring book or something.
 

Ron Mehico

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I still don’t even know how to address my FIL, I usually just wait until we make eye contact or I’m right beside him and start talking. I call him grandpa now because of my daughter which for some reason is much easier for me. My wife starting calling my parents mom and dad immediately without any issues.
 
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