Or do kids these days have less manners? I hate where we live, I want out of here in the worse way. There is a bunch of kids who live a few doors down that don't care about others. Tonight I am not kidding you at about 9 pm there was a child on a bike riding by at least 10 times screaming at the top of his lungs. I go out there to check to make sure he was not in trouble or anything and these 2 girls come by no he is just being silly. I am like okay can you please kinda keep it down I have a 3 and 4 year old asleep. I am not kidding you did it like 5 more times. Now I competely understand that kids are out for the summer and I realize just because my kids go to sleep that does not mean the world stops moving. I am mad cause I asked him very nicely not to do that. I know the people across the street from me have to be up for work at 4. Well what made matters worse was they woke up brianne. She is my one who likes to fight sleep so when she finally goes and gets woken up, she is up for HOURS.
I don't ask much, I just ask that you take the time to think just because you are awake does not mean everyone else is. The worse part of all this, I got called a witch.
I teach my kids to think of others and not just of themselves. I know personally if someone has a little one next door and they lay them down at the same time every day, I know I am aware enough not to let the kids outside to scream. The kids wake up every day wanting to go outside by 8, I make them wait until about 10:30ish incase one of my neighbors is still sleeping.
I feel like the more I try to be nice the more I get sh** on.
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When I was growing up, me and everyone else I knew had a set bed time and even if we weren't tired, we had to stay up in our room and be quiet. I hardly see that anymore.
Manners are learned at home, some people are SHOCKED that my 2yo will say please and thank you. I used to be shocked by their shock, until I realized these are the same people who don't say that to their own kids.
I was commended the other day on what a great job I've done raising Jasmine because of her being polite and thinking of others...made me feel good.
These kids get this idea of "I want it now, so I should have it now, no matter what it takes to get it. Doesn't matter if I can afford it, deserve it, or need it. I want it, so I should get it."
I get it with people like my husband, he's first generation American. His mother and father both came over as kids from Yugoslavia. His parents and grandparents treat him and the other people he grew up with were treated like mini-gods. (It makes me absolutely ILL, and I don't LIKE it, and it doesn't EXCUSE it by ANY means) I have to CONSTANTLY fight my hubby about discipline, rewards, etc. However, I can't find ANYTHING to explain it with people who's families have, basically, ALWAYS been here.
She says it in sign language or sort of speaks it but she does do it a lot of the time without being reminded.
When i was a kid I would have been scared stiff that the neighbors would tell my mum i was noisy..
we have a 10 pm curfew here, for those under 13 and for others it is midnite up to the age of 18.
Dont bother yourself. Accept it as one of those things in life.
As for the reason today's kids are like this, do you think it has anything to do with kids having 'rights'? Parents are afraid to discipline their children because the children will lie to teachers and social workers about the parents abusing them. So parents tend to be too lenient. I told my daughter if God intended kids to be in charge, he would have made them the parent.
But to help you, maybe using a fan (white noise) in their room would help your children by muffling any external noise. It will also keep them cool.
It's hard to keep teens quiet in the summer and especially on the "weekends". Hopefully, they won't do it every night. Find out where they live and at 6 in the morning, drive by their window and beep your car horn. (just kidding :) ) Good morning Teens!
we have new neighbors. their 10 y/o had a sleepover last wednesday. the girls were in the backyard screaming at 11:30 pm. i'm sure many neighbors had their windows open as it was a nice night. the neighbor on the other side of them has a 1 y/o & a 3 y/o; i'm sure they weren't happy about the screaming. last night (this morning) at 2 am there were kids screaming, laughing & honking their horns in the parking lot of the elementary school around the corner.
this started with my generation giving our kids everything they wanted; trying to be friends with our kids instead of parents. making them lazy by not having to earn what they got. now those same "kids" are being lazy with the way they are raising their kids.
No! It isn't you. I was apalled at the behavior of two kids in Target this afternoon. They looked like they were maybe 6 and 8 years old. They were climbing all over the counters, picking up everything, talking loud and very filthy mouthed. These poor kids looked like they hadn't been bathed in days, it was just so sad. But their behavior is what turned me off. And then their mother in a very small voice said "now, don't do that." and laughs.
My kids would have had their butts busted long before then.