Your child will reveal the ugly side of you.Recently, I've observed several unjustificable situations where parents "overlook" their child's behaviour in the public. Simply put, parents who don't discipline their kids well are to be educated first.
Just few days back, I saw this dad and son on the mrt. Son was playing around the standing pole while passengers were trying to make their way through the cabin and son accidentally hit this passer-by. Immediately, the small boy was aware of this misbehavior and turned to his dad. This dad, not only did not tell the boy to stop playing instead he told the small boy it's okay.
It was an awful sight. Even your young child was aware of this own mistake but you as an adult took such a lenient stand and allowed the continual of his mischieve. To make my stand, kids are not even suppose to spin around the poles in MRT cabins what more when the child is obstructing passage way in the cabin during peak hour. The ugliest side of this particular incident is the dad, not the small boy who was aware of his own mistake. I'd everything based on their non-verbal cues and I'm certain about my conclusion of this whole issue which makes me wanna be a good parent.
Another incident was observed by Sab near a taxi at tamp mall. This boy was playing with his sandals and his actions did disturb others waiting for taxis. However the mother, fully aware of her boy's playfulness, did not do anything about it. Not even a simple statement like, 'Boy, this is wrong. You cannot play with your sandals like that, it's gonna hit someone.' No. Nothing of that sort came out of the mother. The mother was figuring her handphone throughout the whole time until a non-related someone had to tell the boy stop playing. Even then, the mum spoke nothing and the boy continued with his inconsiderate behaviours. What in the world are parents coming to?
Parents nowadays are not doing their roles to the fullest. By not correcting your kids to do the right things, you're not a single cent worth. But allowing your kids to be public nuisances and you being totally aware but chose to stay oblivious, I've nothing for you. You probably need to attend some parenting course asap before you start disgusting the society with bad parenting skills which in turn will produce spoilt brats.
Ashamed, my relatives are actually practising bad parenting. Both my aunt and uncle have to "chase" after their daughter to finish up her dinner. Underestimate, the "chasing-daughter-to-finish-dinner" process will take close to two hours. To add an exploding factor, the daughter is already in primary one and both parents are well-educated. At the same time, both parents allowed their only daughter to "bully" the maid. As much as I can't stand the way of upbringing, I'd to keep silent about whole issue before I become the next in line disrespectful kid in the family.
If you want to be a parent, be a good one. If a teenger can criticise you about your "supposedly" expertise, you didn't try hard enough. Your education have gone to waste by showing the society this lousy form of upbringing. Lousy dads and mums, you guys are just as spoilt as your children. Fortunately, my parents are at the other side of the spectrum who believed in 'spare the rod and spoil the child'. I can never get away with 'it's okay' if I were to play in mrt cabin 15 years back and I'll be thrown out of house for not finishing my dinner before my mum's patience runs out. Young parents adopt the concept of tender-loving care in upbringing and their children end up much worse than those who tasted canes whenever they deserve.
