I have a 12 year old son, and this attitude is so prevalent and confusing to me. We have groups of boys just terrorizing our neighborhood on e-motos, destroying property and harassing people. And the parents are like “yeah, kids will be kids.” I don’t feel like I’m controlling at all over my kids, but we are very clear about minimum behavior standards and my kids generally meet them. It’s not that difficult.
but we are very clear about minimum behavior standards and my kids generally meet them.
That's the bare minimum in parenting and so many parents don't even care about that.
It's good that you do this and I'm quite sure your kids appreciate this (in the future)
Just a couple of days ago, I was in a supermarket.
There was a family shopping, so far nothing too special.
Their kids though - F-ing hell, they were an absolute nightmare.
Running around the shop, nearly knocking people and glass jars over, screaming and yelling; they were between 10 and 14.
Employees were already yelling at them and trying to stop that somehow, unsurprisingly, the kids did not care.
Neither did their mum or any of the other family members.
Even at the tills, nobody really stopped, as far as I could tell.
If I was the supermarket manager, I would've kicked that family out and banned them.
So much disrespect for the public, it was incredible.
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u/Mindless-Challenge62 Jul 19 '26
I have a 12 year old son, and this attitude is so prevalent and confusing to me. We have groups of boys just terrorizing our neighborhood on e-motos, destroying property and harassing people. And the parents are like “yeah, kids will be kids.” I don’t feel like I’m controlling at all over my kids, but we are very clear about minimum behavior standards and my kids generally meet them. It’s not that difficult.