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| Wed, 12-10-2008 - 2:25pm |
Are you finding that your tween/teen and or their friends are more cocky, smug, confident (whatever word you choose to use) than you
| Wed, 12-10-2008 - 2:25pm |
Are you finding that your tween/teen and or their friends are more cocky, smug, confident (whatever word you choose to use) than you
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It's hard for me to imagine that anyone would be insulted by someone holding the door for them.
My DH is huge on that, and pulling out my chair for me in restaurants, and helping me off with my coat in public, etc. He has taught our sons as well. I know some people consider this sexist, but I don't. As my DH has said: "Women have the babies, the least we can do is hold the doors for them."
Sexist? Well, I think that's just being courteous and a gentleman, and I hope my sons take after their father.
That being said, I always hold doors for strangers, too, and I try and be a courteous driver and let people in where I can.
ITA with that second paragraph--I seem to remember noticing a change in the way kids responded to adults, even when I was a kid!
For me (remember, I live in the South), I recall one year, a mom was trying to discipline her child in a Winn-Dixie grocery store; that was the first time I recall people reacting negatively & then stepping in, trying to stop the parent!
DH & I think that personally a lot of the kids have a sense of entitlement.
Ah, I found this quote which sums up
Well, I'm officially a late baby boomer (born in 1963), and I don't permit this kind of behavior either. My sense is that it is both cultural (well off and middle class American kids) and regional (we're in the northeast and see lots of this type of attitude) more than generational, although that must certainly play a part.
My parents were born in the 30s and are of the "wash your mouth out with soap if you talk that way" generation. I even remember their *friends* spanking us!
ITA!!
Don't get me started! My kids wouldn't dare speak the way some of their friends do. I have no problem asking these friends just who they think they're speaking to!::insert *tone* here::
I think I see a LOT of spoiling kids unnecessarily because parents feel their child needs whatever Suzie down the road has. I got into it a bit with a friend to other day because she thinks we're cruel for setting a spending limit on Christmas. I have 4 kids and a limited budget and I'd rather think long and hard about what I buy than just buy things they won't use to have loads under the tree. My kids know they need to work for things and that there are things you will only get with age(mp3 players and cells to name a few). They have what they need and a bit extra but I refuse to spoil my kids.
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