tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765415965836465536.post9178573591725707792..comments2023-10-31T05:27:47.301-07:00Comments on Mike, Melissa & Lucy: The Problem With My Generation . . . Mike & Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17787710712250485489noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765415965836465536.post-57679947921314289302012-12-20T13:47:06.791-08:002012-12-20T13:47:06.791-08:00My sister had an "incident" with her dau...My sister had an "incident" with her daughter when Katie was about 5. Pati needed her to do something that Katie didn't want to do. Katie screamed and cried and even hit my sister, but Pati didn't back down. (They were at home at the time and didn't disrupt other people during the tirade.) Katie finally looked at Pati and told her "You're not my friend anymore, Mom!" And my sister told her "That's okay, because right now it's more important that I be your mom than your friend. And I still love you."<br /><br />I have to deal with the teenage fall-out of an over-indulgent parent (not Russ but the kids' mom) who believes that they need everything they want (and more specifically, everything their friends have) and that their dad needs to pay for it because he has more money than she does because I work. And it's not that they're disruptive at events, but if they aren't having fun or feel like they were forced against their will to be somewhere or do something, it's okay for them to not hide the fact from the people around them, which can be disruptive in a different way. Give me strength! The worse thing that has happened to the rising generations is complacency which leads to entitlement.Most Happy Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478116162822510109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765415965836465536.post-18965152248942792822012-12-18T15:51:49.527-08:002012-12-18T15:51:49.527-08:00LOVE the pictures of Lucy BTW :) LOVE the pictures of Lucy BTW :) Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853607106328358594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4765415965836465536.post-29229422723669389372012-12-18T15:51:20.491-08:002012-12-18T15:51:20.491-08:00Without fail, every single sacrament meeting there...Without fail, every single sacrament meeting there are a few kids who run up on the podium and play on some of the chairs when the parent just sits there and tells them to sit down and be quiet. Um... HELLO! Someone is speaking who has spent a lot of time preparing that lesson. GET YOUR FILPPING KID, SIT DOWN, AND SHUT UP!<br /><br />I couldn't agree more with you, if you couldn't tell.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853607106328358594noreply@blogger.com