Ooops, We Did It Again

To the father of the boy in the red shirt who nearly knocked over several small children in order to cut ahead of the line for the bouncy house,

Bravo. While it doesn't surprise me that Mr. Lazy Carnival Worker gave a half-hearted get out and then let him keep bouncing, insuring that my TWO YEAR old and another little girl had to keep waiting, I'm quite impressed with your ability to condone your child's completely obnoxious behavior. Or maybe you even taught him to behave that no one else in the world matters, in which case you must be feeling mighty proud about now.

I wonder if you'll continue to feel proud as your child moves from cutting in line to beating up kindergarteners for their lunch money and then to date raping his prom date. Will you still be proud? Or do you think you'll draw the line at some behaviors, thinking that after 12 years of letting him never think of anyone but himself he suddenly develop respect because you'll tell him to?

Sure, he's just a kid. All kids want to cut in line. WANTING to cut in line doesn't mean he'll turn out to be a bully or a sociopath, it's you LETTING him do it that will. You're teaching him it's okay to disrespect other people and the rules because he feels like it. You're teaching him that his wants are more important than anyone else's. You're teaching him that you don't care how he treats other people.

Enjoy visiting him in jail,

Jerseygirl

PS My kids were AWESOME last night at the carnival. I'm sure you

didn't notice how sweet and patient they were around kids like yours

or how brave my Ironflower was on all those new rides. They stayed up way past

their bedtimes and only had a few meltdowns - none of which affected other

people. Hah.