WIRED FOR SAFETY
There once was a kid wired for safety,
Whose parents checked texts almost daily.
Yikes!
A scraped knee? Alarm!
A fall? Oh no harm!
But grit got left out, quite unsafely.
At H-E-B, with a tantrum in motion,
The candy aisle stirred up commotion.
Fake tears were applied,
Parents caved, wide-eyed,
And yielded, much to the kid’s sly devotion.
Back in the 80s, we roamed every street,
Blue climbing and biking, feeling the heat.
Bruised elbows, torn clothes,
Mud under my toes,
While today’s kids stay inside on repeat.
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Too true! Unfortunately, parents have been trained to do this. I realized that, once the schools started insisting we sign test papers, even when our child received an A. Thus, the helicopter parent was born.
ReplyDeleteExactly.
DeleteSad but true! The next generation will be incapable of doing anything on their own.
ReplyDeleteAnd never been to a HEB but I know what one is.
The next generation will be crying mommy a lot. Hard times create strong people, strong people create good times, good times create weak people, and weak people create hard times. I wonder which one applies to 2026.
DeleteWired for safety but, what happens when they get out into the real world and find the safety nets are gone? sigh...
ReplyDeleteWell,.....
DeleteWell, I have seen some of those tantrums at the grocery store. They are not pretty. Parents cave as they don't want to look bad and want the scene to stop playing out. The kid gets the candy and then it is all smiles as they exist. The candy is strategically placed at the register to create impulse buying.
DeleteThey always cave. It's like they want to be their kids' friends. It's the weirdest thing. My mom would just give me that look....
DeleteHi True
How are you?
This is why we have stupid little Gretas today....
ReplyDeleteBut younglings won't have to do anything on their own because AI and robots are taking over the world!
Problem solved.
DeleteYou turning into one of those " Get off my lawn" old men, blue? Lmao
ReplyDeleteYep. Kids are coddled big time these days. Parents are also conditioned, like we are for most anything, to be that way. But the best thing you can do is ignore the garbage. If kids fall and you react they react. But if they fall and you say nothing, unless they are truly hurt, they just get up and keep going. Same with stores. Say no and make sure they know it's no. I play out the scenario with them if we bought it, then ask it worth it? And they almost always say no. They get it if you don't treat them like little glass objects that will break all the time. Or let them be brats. Of course that's not including the kids with issues, as that is a lot harder. But a lot of that, not all, is due to that garbage they are eating and being allowed to consume online too. Plus lazy arse drs wanting to just label something under f it bucket instead of figure out what's actually going on. End rant.
Well, look what the cat dragged in.... (see what I did there?)
DeleteGood to hear from you, Pat. It's been a while.