So many parents these days have this "youth complex" where they're obsessed with trying to stay young-- botox, plastic surgery, partying with their kids or allowing kids to do whatever they want because the parents want to be "hip"-- such fools! And I think it's probably worse here in the South, where the women, no matter what age, think they have to look like super models-- and then they can't get over that their kids have problems...what great things could happen if these people would "get a life" and start using their brain power toward solving problems instead of creating them!!
I love my kid, and most of the time, I like her too. I have a lot of fun with my kid, and occasionally her friends... at the zoo or the movies or the mall or other appropriate setting. I enjoy seeing them do their thing. I am not now, and never will be my dd's friend, or a her peer's friend.
Anyone who would smoke, drink, or have sex with a kid (or allow sex in their home) isn't a good friend anyway, no matter how old that person is. When I was a kid, a "friend" that did stupid stuff like that was referred to as a bad influence, and no friend at all. I think this applies to these parents who have shirked their parental duties in favor of this "friend" relationship too.
These parents aren't really a friend. A friend wouldn't help you hurt yourself. They aren't acting as parents either. So, what are they? I think they are next to useless.
Rejection
- hopealways4019
on Jan. 17, 2012 at 8:33 AM