Kids' Night Out
(aka Charlie Foxtrot)
I drove my child and my child's friend to Kid's Night Out tonight. What an example of humanity at its worst and most enabling.
As I drove up in front of the building, traffic was slowed considerably by the morass of parents who were dropping off their children without bothering to stop inside to assess the situation. The most annoying part of this was that every parent dropping off was determined to drop their child in front of the doorway, even though they never stayed long enough to ensure that their child was inside safely. This made it difficult and slow for those of us who chose park so that we could accompany our child inside to sign them in.
Once inside, there was what appeared to be a single file line. Some of these charming young children who were dropped off decided to play the "lets cut line" game with their friends. There were a number of adults in line with their children who saw it, but said nothing (....but I, I took the road less travelled by). Normally I would have written it off as the rudeness of kids who are no longer under the watchful eye of an adult, or so they thought, but then I observed a number of parents deciding that they would cut to the front of the line with their little darlings also. I guess the apples weren't falling far from the tree.
It is amazing how many kids of all ages in this generation choose to behave badly, then deny all cupability and instead find fault with anyone who corrects them. I guess the "Me First" generation has now spawned the "Me Worst" generation, and is raising them to be penultimately selfish.
What is frustrating is that the "norm" age for drug use, alcohol and tobacco use, and sexual activity is dropping regularly. I read an article the other day about 4th grade age children using heroin "cheese". Before any parents start saying "Oh no, not my child", the target audience of the "Kids' Night Out" tonight was 4th and 5th graders. And judging from the already inappropriate behavior of some of the kids, illicit behavior isn't too far behind.
I drove my child and my child's friend to Kid's Night Out tonight. What an example of humanity at its worst and most enabling.
As I drove up in front of the building, traffic was slowed considerably by the morass of parents who were dropping off their children without bothering to stop inside to assess the situation. The most annoying part of this was that every parent dropping off was determined to drop their child in front of the doorway, even though they never stayed long enough to ensure that their child was inside safely. This made it difficult and slow for those of us who chose park so that we could accompany our child inside to sign them in.
Once inside, there was what appeared to be a single file line. Some of these charming young children who were dropped off decided to play the "lets cut line" game with their friends. There were a number of adults in line with their children who saw it, but said nothing (....but I, I took the road less travelled by). Normally I would have written it off as the rudeness of kids who are no longer under the watchful eye of an adult, or so they thought, but then I observed a number of parents deciding that they would cut to the front of the line with their little darlings also. I guess the apples weren't falling far from the tree.
It is amazing how many kids of all ages in this generation choose to behave badly, then deny all cupability and instead find fault with anyone who corrects them. I guess the "Me First" generation has now spawned the "Me Worst" generation, and is raising them to be penultimately selfish.
What is frustrating is that the "norm" age for drug use, alcohol and tobacco use, and sexual activity is dropping regularly. I read an article the other day about 4th grade age children using heroin "cheese". Before any parents start saying "Oh no, not my child", the target audience of the "Kids' Night Out" tonight was 4th and 5th graders. And judging from the already inappropriate behavior of some of the kids, illicit behavior isn't too far behind.
posted by Random Thoughts at 6:42 PM
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