Robert Miller

Be a Good Parent



Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

by Robert Miller
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How Lazy Have We Become?

Today I saw the ultimate in lazyness from a parent. This was even worse then seeing the minivan load of kids climbing in and out of the van to go knock on the doors to get candy which in itself is pathetic.

Today, I was playing in the front yard with my 3 children and this little boy of maybe 8 or 9 walks up and says "I am a cub scout and am out selling M & M's plain and peanut for a dollars a bag". Well I look down and he has a ziplock bag filled with individual bags of M & M' (plain and peanut) and those bags look worn. He is not wearing a cubscout uniform, and is only going to places where he see's people. I glance around and I see a man in a minivan half a block away waiting. I inform the boy that I have no money at this time and he moves on. I continued to watch him walk, and this van following (always a half a block back). He obviously knows this van as he keeps watching it and is in no hurry to get to as many houses as possible.

Now maybe it is me, but as a father and a parent the dad should have been walking with his son and yes staying back to let his son do the selling but be there for support not just trailing behind like a lazy POS that he seemed to be. As a parent what kind of message does this send to our kids? Hey son its ok to be lazy and just drive around, not give any tips or moral support to your kids so they can grow up to be just like me. Yea, what a message. If you didn't want kids then keep it in your pants, if you have kids then man up, don't make the same mistakes your parent or parents did, and be the best father a child could ask for.

Sorry to say, with sex comes responsibility either be ready to accept that responsibility or don't have sex. Only you can chose to make this a better world.

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» left by Laura McKeever
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Ahhh, this certainly does sound like a classic example of: 'Do as I say, and not as I do'. A very bad parenting tactic.
 
I agree that if we want our children to be active we should illustrate this with our own behaviour. Sending confusing messages such as the one above is one of many ways you can create a rod for your own back. That child will turn around one day and say 'But dad, why is it okay for you to do it?'. Kids are far more perceptive than a lot of people give them credit for!
 
A great article, it certainly isn't just you that feels strongly about using our own actions to direct our children.
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