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STOP SCREAMING AT YOUR KIDS!
- Aug 13, 2009 at 11:47 AM
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My neighbors are driving me up the freaking wall! It's seriously driving me insane and unfortunately I don't think there is anything I can do about it.
The people across the street from me have two little boys who look to be about 3 and 6. They're active, cute little boys with blonde hair. And their mom (AND their dad, unfortunately I've noticed over the past week) does nothing but scream at them. I mean nothing. She sits outside and screams at them all day and sometimes I can actually hear her screaming at them from inside the house when I'm in MY house. That's pretty bad. I'm sure it would be easy for someone to say that this is none of my business, but ya know...when I have to listen to you screaming at your children from inside my own damn house all day long, that kind of makes it my business whether I want it to be or not. And I just feel so badly for these little boys.
They can't do anything right. Two things seem to be the theme at the house across the street; "Get your ASS in the house!" and "You're not fuckin' doing it right!" Nice things to say to little kids, huh? A few days ago the younger boy was trying to learn how to ride his bike down the street and of course he wasn't "fuckin' doing it right." So he got screamed at until he went back inside. Same for the day before yesterday when the two boys were trying to play baseball together in the front yard. Mom of the year was sitting on her fat butt on the front stoop, screaming about how they weren't doing it right. It really just broke my heart. I thought about how much I wanted to tell that mom that it would bring me so much happiness to see my little boy trying to learn how to ride a bike, or that I would love to give my son a brother to play baseball with in the front yard except that we've decided not to have any more children because we don't think it would be fair. But I'm sure it wouldn't make a difference.
At any rate, after that particular baseball incident and getting told to get their "stupid asses in the house", the older boy threw his baseball bat at the car and started yelling back at his mom. What a shock. One or both of those poor kids will probably be in juvy by the time they're 10 for beating up other kids and having anger problems, and those scumbag parents will be sitting back going "Gee, I don't know what's wrong with them. We were such good parents." Maybe they'll take it a step further and blame violent video games and movies instead of their own worthless parenting. I'm sure that's a lot more convenient then admitting that you totally SUCK as a parent.
I know this post is kind of pointless, I just needed to vent. Every time I'm outside my tongue practically starts bleeding from me biting it so hard in attempt to keep myself from going off on this lady. I don't know why people like that even have children to begin with. Sometimes I guess I delude myself into thinking that most children have happy homes where they know they're loved and cared for and it pisses me off when I have to realize that it just doesn't work that way. I wish women like super mom across the street who have the rosy temperaments of Godzilla mixed with an angry crocodile would just permanently keep their legs closed.
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I feel for those kids too and I don't even know them! My sister has a neighbor that does the same thing. The dad smokes so they sit outside a lot and he's spending time with his daughter but always yelling. You can tell when they're doing homework but he's always demeaning her and telling her she's wrong but not "teaching" her. You can hear it all from across the street. That little girl comes to my sisters once in a while just to say hello (her mommy is mia) and my sister is always compelled to ask her questions. I think the little girl is just happy to get away from screaming dad for 5 minutes. So sad.
I wish these parents would wake up and really see what they're doing to their kids.
I used to think I yelled at my children a lot, until I lived next door to someone who REALLY screamed at their children all the live-long day. I realized that there is a major difference between screaming and raising your voice.
Those poor kids. I wish that there was something to be done, but unfortunately, there isn't. That just makes me sad. Stupid parents.
I wanted to cry when I lived at my old apt complex becauee everyday a woman walked by dragging a child yelling and cussing at him to 'shut-the hell up'. He was crying. Every.single.day.
It broke my heart as I could think of no good reason why ANYBODY would EVER need to cuss at a child, and this poor baby was a TODDLER. Sometimes you just want to pull the little guys in tight and give them the biggest hug they will probably ever have.
Your post is not pointless. It's a good reminder to everyone how NOT to speak to their children. And it's a better reminder that there are good people out there who care
have you thought about turning her in to children services maybe they would require her to take parenting classes and learn better discipline skills
Thank you, I feel the same way. I am sorry you have to witness that.
It's sad what all the screaming does to the kids. From what I saw next door it made those two kids unable to communicate and they cried constantly because of it. I live in military housing and it's a duplex. I could hear her scream through the walls with all my windows closed. I know she smacked them around too although I never caught her doing it. But when she screamed at them a couple times I heard the kids yelling "mommy don't hit me!". Sad. It really bites that you can't do anything about it. Sorry to anyone who would say it's not your business, but you are correct that it is your business when you see it happening and can hear it in your house. They really should spay and neuter stupid people.
I agree, an anonymous call to Child Protective Services may be just the wakeup call those parents need.
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Those are crappy parents. I know I yell a lot since I swear it is the only time males in this house hear me or follow directions, I could say it softly like 3 times and not have anything happen until I yell it, but never ever do I use expletives (other than "oh shit") in my vocabulary or demean any one like that. Especially my own kid.
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