by Jennifer R.
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January 12, 2007

Sometimes Somebody Needs to be Smacked!

January 25, 2009 01:32 PM EST
views: 82 | comments: 26

There I said it! My personal opinon but there it is. What has gotten me on such a rant this morning? Well to be honest I was watching CNN and then got the scoop on the stupid, and I mean incredibly stupid, parents who went down an 80 foot drop for a child's teddy bear when it was thrown over a cliff during a tantrum. Case in point the child needs smacked and the parents need smacked for going over it. Not only did they have to be rescued but now they are getting media coverage for their ignorance! What a waste! It was I would have told junior you are SOL pal!

Then as we were watching this travesty of parenthood play across our screen Travis tells me this story about a guy he works with. Apparently his little angel decided to absconed with an MP3 player and some other items that didn't belong to him. When a school official took the pilfered items from the child the father, yes the father, went back to the school and told the principal he needed the stuff back because there would be he** to pay if he didn't come home with it from his kid. WTF! Hello! He stole it he doesn't get to keep it! Not to mention the little moster was only 6! What does a six year old need with an MP3 player anyway?

Then as we are still watching the teddy bear incident on tv across the little ticker tape at the bottom reads "Three year old caught on tape smoking with mother near by. Mother facing charges!" Good grief gertie! What goes through a person's mind that they not only allow it but heck lets light it up for ole Junior! All in the family I guess!

Like I said some people just need smacked and smacked hard!

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Comments: 26

Karen L. Jan 25, 2009, 1:34pm EST
I'm going to have to agree with you on this and I'm sure we will be tarred and feathered for saying it, LOL
.* Sandi * Jan 25, 2009, 1:35pm EST
good grief is right~
Beth G. Jan 25, 2009, 1:38pm EST
what that is terrible, especially the child smoking at the age of 3.
Adina P. Jan 25, 2009, 1:38pm EST
i always said that parenting should be a privilege and no a right !
Angela K .. Jan 25, 2009, 1:38pm EST
Not good parenting skills, teaching the tyke that its ok to risk you life over a toy.
Janet Somewhere Up On The Mount Jan 25, 2009, 1:39pm EST
To much.
Carol B Jan 25, 2009, 1:42pm EST
Tarred and feathered for what Karen? Are you kidding me? Anyone that thinks that those things are ok is nuts. There I said it. So tar and feather me. What kind of problems when these children are teenagers to you think these parents face? I can tell you lots of them. Who in there right mind would go down an 80 foot drop and take the chance of that child losing a parent for a teddy bear that was deliberately thrown off a cliff? Or letting their child keep stolen property? Or allowing a 3 year old to smoke? I am sorry, this story put me over the edge. This is far beyond stupid on these parents part.
Kelly M. Jan 25, 2009, 1:49pm EST
yikes!
Lisa C. Jan 25, 2009, 1:57pm EST
I think the parents most certainly should be smacked. LOL! There is no way in hell I would climb down an 80 foot cliff for a teddy bear. It would have been a lesson learned not to throw stuff over cliffs! What are people thinking?
Joe T. Jan 25, 2009, 2:09pm EST
I was thinking along the lines of Carol's comment when I read your article, Jennifer. Parents behave in such indulgent ways and then wonder why when their child is fifteen that they can't get any respect out of him/her. I do not ever advocate smacking a child or an adult. It is criminal behavior and even the mention of it is not acceptable to me. But, I believe there should be consequences. Certainly, the little boy would just have to learn to deal with the loss of his teddy bear. It doesn't hurt young children to learn to accept losses like this. It is clear that the parents are not in control of themselves. I have to wonder what happened during their own childhoods to make them become indulgent of their son. Spoiling young children is learned behavior. It gets passed down from generation to generation.
Stacey *Mamasaid* D. Jan 25, 2009, 2:59pm EST
That teddy bear would be lost and a lesson learned.
Jean, just the teensiest bit odd, F. Jan 25, 2009, 3:39pm EST
I had a way to deal with whining and temper tantrums when mine was small:

I told my daughter when she was very young that I had a "nerve condition". That certain frequencies of sound would "trigger" it and what happened was that my arms would jerk out violently when I heard these certain sounds and that, unfortunately, the frequencies that triggered my spasms exactly matched those of whining children. I told her with a completely serious face that, while I would NEVER intentionally strike a child (perish the thought!), that could not control these violent spasms and anyone standing near me when they happened was likely to get "caught in the cross-fire"... I would feel very, very bad for hurting anyone but there was nothing that could be done to prevent it unless the child held back their whining.

Believe it or not, this worked -- not only with MY child but with every one of her little friends that ever came over to the house! My daughter would inform them of my "condition" and I never had a problem with ANY of them!

I finally told my daughter when she was about... ooohhhhhh..... 25 or so that it was a lie. By that time, of course, she was able to appreciate it.

Clever, n'est pas? ;o)
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Paul F. Jan 31, 2009, 8:49pm EST
I have seen plenty of parents I thought could do with a smack, or neutering, or maybe both
Shelbia C. Feb 5, 2009, 5:02am EST
I totally agree with you
Julia Star Feb 5, 2009, 5:17am EST
Crazy. But then again, we reward crazy in this country with a lot of media attention.
"Crazy. Crazy for feeling so lonely.
Crazy. Crazy for feeling so blue."
--W. Nelson.
Julia Star Feb 5, 2009, 8:55am EST
Sing it, Patsy! Gosh, I miss her and Buddy Holly and they were both before my time.
Who to smack first? The parent or the kid?
Kathryn E. Feb 5, 2009, 5:10pm EST
oh my. Smack the stupid ones.
Dorothy H. Feb 7, 2009, 9:59am EST
I'm glad no one was hurt. I hope they learn from this experience.
Amanda J. Feb 7, 2009, 10:09am EST
I agree. I would have told the child, too bad, you shouldn't have thrown the teddy bear, now you lost it. It would probably only take once for the child to learn not to throw things.
Shirley ♡ ☮ M. Feb 7, 2009, 10:12am EST
A lot of poor parenting. Junior's parents need a reality check! MP3 player...pff.
Thank you, for sharing

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peggy g. Feb 19, 2009, 12:16am EST
hmmmmm!

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