Celebrating Weak-willed 21st Century Pushover Parenting

[Veer_G]

I've noticed, having rotted a fair portion of my brain on cable TV these past few months, that PR firms seem to have successfully sold a massive shitload of commercials flaunting give-up, defeatist parenting.

With regularity, I see ads from Kraft and Ore-Ida, among others, suggesting that effective child-rearing is a matter of conceding every battle to the manipulative, soul-sucking spawned-in-Hell preadolescent urchin children of post-Boomers.

I say, loudly, horseshit.

Had I ever acted out like these kids do in these miserable come-ons for worthless carbohydrates, my parents would have waffled me. Or, at the very least, I would have been picking unwanted food out of my hair and off my face, and then contemplating hunger in my room.



Bribery with reformed potato mash and chemicals?



Easy, cheesy, fuck Mom's expensive salmon fillet win-win?



Mmm. Mac n' cheese. What, no chicken wings?



Little fucker needs to eat frogs.



Somebody would be crying bitter tears for their broken horn.

There's nothing amusing about out-of-control monster children, but the media message seems to be fuck it all and win by losing.

Seriously, people, take your kids by the hand and make sure that Grandpa and Grandma don't have to be the ones to put the fear of God into their children.

I fear for what will be left three or four generations from now.

 

[QuickNDirty]

I've noticed, having rotted a fair portion of my brain on cable TV these past few months, that PR firms seem to have successfully sold a massive shitload of commercials flaunting give-up, defeatist parenting.

With regularity, I see ads from Kraft and Ore-Ida, among others, suggesting that effective child-rearing is a matter of conceding every battle to the manipulative, soul-sucking spawned-in-Hell preadolescent urchin children of post-Boomers.

I say, loudly, horseshit.

Had I ever acted out like these kids do in these miserable come-ons for worthless carbohydrates, my parents would have waffled me. Or, at the very least, I would have been picking unwanted food out of my hair and off my face, and then contemplating hunger in my room.



Bribery with reformed potato mash and chemicals?



Easy, cheesy, fuck Mom's expensive salmon fillet win-win?



Mmm. Mac n' cheese. What, no chicken wings?



Little fucker needs to eat frogs.



Somebody would be crying bitter tears for their broken horn.

There's nothing amusing about out-of-control monster children, but the media message seems to be fuck it all and win by losing.

Seriously, people, take your kids by the hand and make sure that Grandpa and Grandma don't have to be the ones to put the fear of God into their children.

I fear for what will be left three or four generations from now.

And what do the folks say of these productions, put together by some of the finest minds in propaganda that have ever existed?

"It's just TV... It's not real."

 

[Alphatreedog]

We ate what ever was made . One way or another . I sat many a night over cold Lima or wax beans until they were done .

 

[Tchitcherine]

Just give up and let the State raise "your" kids.

 

[W54/XM-388]

It's funny how they think that the perfect solution is to raise out of control monsters for children that have never been told no, never corrected, never had any consequences for their actions & always been praised... right up till they run head on into the police and wound up getting shot.

 

[diverdon]

I have a six year old and an eight year old. I have watched no more then 10 hours of TV in the last five years. So I'm safe unless someone posts those adds on Snipershide.

 

[Country]

Just give up and let the State raise "your" kids.

Yeah , in prison . I have a young couple living next door to me . I watch their youngest child sometimes sitting on the ground no shoes , no warm clothing in winter weather playing in the dirt and eating the dirt in a yard that a dog defecates all over the yard . I tried to politely inform them of the fact the kid was eating dirt and they accused me of spying on their kids and made all kinds of threats but never stopped to think I was just looking out for their child's health and safety , my house overlooks their back yard . Sick demented people . There is so many people in society now that their brains are all mixed up by drugs , alcohol , stupid advice from the media , stupid advice from the medical profession , stupid advice from Government .
My own daughter who is now grown up with her own family has admitted that she thought we were strict parents and would raise her kids free range but as they grew up she woke up that we were the good parents that kept our child in line and taught some manners and values . Now she is not so free range anymore and it's having a positive effect .

 

[W54/XM-388]

Is the young couple living next to you very traditional Japanese by any chance?
You don't understand the idea of "toughening your kids up" till you see little kids in shorts shivering as they wait for the school bus in the snow...

 

[Lapuapalooza]

Amen brother. I have NO problem setting my kids straight. My 6 year old pushes our buttons with nearly every breath, but we know when we give up it signals to her that her behavior is acceptable. Little shits they can be. I tell my wife there is a reason god made them cute.

Too many parents are not mature enough to be parents in my opinion...

 

[Veer_G]

Is the young couple living next to you very traditional Japanese by any chance?
You don't understand the idea of "toughening your kids up" till you see little kids in shorts shivering as they wait for the school bus in the snow...

Maybe they're Wu Tang Shaolin?

 

[Alphatreedog]

Maybe they're Wu Tang Shaolin?

 

[Country]

Is the young couple living next to you very traditional Japanese by any chance?
You don't understand the idea of "toughening your kids up" till you see little kids in shorts shivering as they wait for the school bus in the snow...

No , but so called toughening up is a good way for a child to get very sick and die . Eating dirt with dog feces in it is not toughening up it's biologically very dangerous . Their just brain dead modern parents .
People who subscribe to the , " Whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger " usually die young . I know I have buried a few in my time and many of my wilder friends from the Military are dead .

 

[Veer_G]

I have a six year old and an eight year old. I have watched no more then 10 hours of TV in the last five years. So I'm safe unless someone posts those adds on Snipershide.

In the words of Ray Stevens, "Don't look, Ethel!"

 

[Mwalex]

Children develop better with structure and discipline. Look at the behavior of most millenials where they grew up with neither.

 

[Veer_G]

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Woo-ha, woo-ha!

 

[diverdon]

Children develop better with structure and discipline. Look at the behavior of most millenials where they grew up with neither.

As a baby boomer who had to watch his generation act the communist tool protesting the war in Nam, and calling returning troops babykillers I could not find in in my heart to make over much of millennial problems.

 

[308pirate]

We ate what ever was made . One way or another . I sat many a night over cold Lima or wax beans until they were done .

In my house you could leave the table if you didn't like what was on it for food.

You would just encounter the same exact plate, just as you left it, on your very next meal time.

 

[Sixfivesavage]

I dont know everything and I'm sure I'm far from a perfect parent but my 18 month old says please and thank you and my 3 year old says yes sir and no sir....even if he still says that to his mother on occasion I think he's doing alright.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

As for the OP. Easy trash food at home or the trash fast food they are addicted to. It's a coin toss for the most trash/pre-processed garbage that you can feed the rug rats. Parents claiming that they don't have the time because of the schedule taking Jonny and Susan to all of their bullshit after school activities.

My children were raised on home cooked meals, Mostly wild game that I killed, with fruits and vegetables. They never had to eat anything that they didn't like. But, they had to try everything and I mean that they had to eat a serving of it. Not just a bite. The whole serving. My children are adults now and they have healthy eating habits. Mostly they raid my deep freezer for venison and whatever else they grab.

 

[JMGlasgow]

Are those commercials actually played out east? I watch a lot of TV and have never seen commercials like that from any of those brands.

 

[P-Squared]

I do the best I can to keep my kids straight. It’s the grandparents who are soft on them.

“He doesn’t like that so he doesn’t have to eat it”
Nope, your gonna eat it.

The parents my age all want to be their kids best friends, you can’t be a parent and a best friend or the little fuckers will look and act like you are their peers

I still remember my little sister telling one of her monsters 'you can't do that at uncle Pete's house' after I picked him up by the bib on his overalls, looked him square in the face and told him to 'knock it off'. The little shit took off running to his mom.

He also never misbehaved at my house again.

 

[ZiaHunter]

Different times. My parents were raised during the depression and grew up in blue collar families. Grandfather and great uncles were all in the trades and hard men. Didn't put up with any non-sense. I went to Catholic schools and took a fair amount of licks from both the Brothers and Sisters then got the Sam Brown belt when I got home. Deserved what I got most of the time and learned at an early age that actions have consequences and to keep my mischievous side in check. We ate what my Mom cooked and if you didn't like it you went to bed hungry and most likely would be on your plate the next day. Its funny after time you start to like vegetables. Dad was a hard man, WWII combat vet and career counter-intelligence officer during the cold war. Good father but better keep your ass in line or you were going to get the belt.

Things started going downhill culturally during the Viet Nam war. The same people who were burning draft cards, protesting and harassing returning vets infiltrated our education system and led to the mess we are in today.

 

[Pritch]

just show em some mastitis coming out of a cow udder and tell em its mac and cheese

Ur Welcome

 

[samadisoulcrusher]

When my #2 son was about 5 or 6 years old .
He wanted some thing and I told him no .
He didn't like that that answer and told me angrily .
I was not his friend !

I calmly told him . You are right , I'm not your friend .
I'm your Father .
My job is to make you a better person . Than I am .

I have been told by lenient parents. That I am too strict with my boys .
I am strict in lots of ways . But neither son has been in trouble with the law . They are both respectful to my wife and I .
They both have a good set of morals .
The lenient parents have had lots of trouble with their kids . Both with the law and school and at home .
Their kids have zero respect for them or most other adults .

 

[Sean the Nailer]

When my #2 son was about 5 or 6 years old .
He wanted some thing and I told him no .
He didn't like that that answer and told me angrily .
I was not his friend !

I calmly told him . You are right , I'm not your friend .
I'm your Father .
My job is to make you a better person . Than I am .

I have been told by lenient parents. That I am too strict with my boys .
I am strict in lots of ways . But neither son has been in trouble with the law . They are both respectful to my wife and I .
They both have a good set of morals .
The lenient parents have had lots of trouble with their kids . Both with the law and school and at home .
Their kids have zero respect for them or most other adults .

Keep it up! All ya'll.... keep it up. We ALL need this hope for our future. And yes, tv with all the commercials removed is the ONLY way to go. Why everyone doesn't do it, I don't know.

 

[hlee]

That first commercial comes across as a spoof, and I'd be surprised- if this actually aired anywhere- if the ad agency that created it and brand manager at Ore-Ida didn't both get fired.

The others show modestly embellished caricatures of what all parents deal with from time to time.

Our pediatrician told my wife and I something, years ago, that I've held onto as particularly good advice. "They're (the kids) in charge of quantity. You're in charge of quality."

Our kids are obliged to try everything we put in front of them, though we don't force any "clean your plate" rules. The closest we get is "if you're not hungry enough for what you've been provided, you're not hungry enough for anything else."

Don't want dinner? Don't ask for dessert.

Allergic to green? Better not be allergic to hunger.

We went to Alcatraz several years ago and bought a souvenir sign. It hangs in the hallway between my boys' bedrooms and reads "You are entitled to food, shelter, and medical attention. Everything else you are given is a privilege." We are not particularly strict, and our house isn't a prison, but it's not a democracy either.

 

[Veer_G]

Whatever gets people to stores and by some shit they don't need.

Buy a vowel.

 

[Marinevet1]

That first commercial comes across as a spoof, and I'd be surprised- if this actually aired anywhere- if the ad agency that created it and brand manager at Ore-Ida didn't both get fired.

The others show modestly embellished caricatures of what all parents deal with from time to time.

Our pediatrician told my wife and I something, years ago, that I've held onto as particularly good advice. "They're (the kids) in charge of quantity. You're in charge of quality."

Our kids are obliged to try everything we put in front of them, though we don't force any "clean your plate" rules. The closest we get is "if you're not hungry enough for what you've been provided, you're not hungry enough for anything else."

Don't want dinner? Don't ask for dessert.

Allergic to green? Better not be allergic to hunger.

We went to Alcatraz several years ago and bought a souvenir sign. It hangs in the hallway between my boys' bedrooms and reads "You are entitled to food, shelter, and medical attention. Everything else you are given is a privilege." We are not particularly strict, and our house isn't a prison, but it's not a democracy either.

I live in Kansas, and say this "Potato Pay" commercial on TV yesterday..........

 

[Country]

I always remember when I was a teenager my father bought me an air rifle . I would often go down to the creek lines and bush and shoot water rats for a bounty . One day a woman neighbor stopped my mother and asked what was wrong with me carrying a gun everywhere . My mother said my son is doing something constructive and making some money . Whats your oldest boy doing ? The woman paused and then my Mother said I know what he is doing he is up the shops buying illegal alcohol . Well sure enough some years later the oldest boy ended up in trouble for drunken driving . Guns don't harm people , bad people harm people .
When Governments around the World closed down psychiatric centers and mental institutions the streets became a cesspool of nut cases , add drugs and alcohol . I used to watch a guy across the road talk to power poles and fight and argue with the pole , even banging his head against the pole numerous times .
I rang the Police once they never did anything they can't , nowhere to place him . Eventually he disappeared no idea what happened , probably died from a fractured skull .

 

[Lionsbreath]

Spare the rod, spoil the child.. This was an encouraging thread this morning.. My dad bought me my first bb-gun and my first BMX bike. After that when I wanted something I had to bust ass.. I bought my first shotgun when I was 9 from K-mart? He also had a 2” leather belt with his name and a freedom eagle on it, that was used to tan my hide.. I still remember how it sounded when it cleared all those loops.. My parents were not perfect, but i love them and I’m thankful for what they did for us kids (5) and I’m trying to raise my kids the same way.. So don’t be afraid to grab a belt, wooden spoon, broom, Tupperware bowl, or a frying pan to dole out some corrective punishment (that’s how my mom rolled)