| superchunk said: While I agree with those of you who responded to my last post in that, yes, parents can be just as stupid as anyone else and yes the explosion you described was really bad parenting. However, some of you also missed the overall idea here. It is entirely possible that Leo continuously does stuff like this and perhaps had a few other stupid mistakes throughout that day as well. Eventually anyone hits a boiling point and may very well lash out in a rather stupid fashion. We only heard this one small point in time of Leo's version of events. I bet his dad could point to a series of issues that eventually led to his rather childish outburst. Either way, Leo, no big deal. Life will always be full of times when you're tested for your resolve. Just accept the lows with the highs and move on. Be thankful your dad didn't do what mine did when I was about 12 and forgot to clean the bathroom before I went to school. Let's just say my experience left me literally on the floor in a daze. |
I understand your point, but that still doesn't excuse a parrent from having a childish tantrum for what looks like an honest mistake (do you really think he wanted to pick up the wrong charger so he couldn't play his DS? It seems to me that he was trying to do the right thing by spending as little money as possible). There are much better ways to deal with the situation if that's the case. It could be the tantrums his parrents have that make him too nervous to think things through. It could be ADD. It could be many things that don't warrant a parrent acting like a six year old. If stuff like this happens on a regular basis, there is most definitely a reason for it and his parrents should think things through a little more carefully.
When your mother calls you a "retarded piece of #$$$," something is clearly wrong with the parrents ability to be parrents, which I think is the route of the problem. I would have had a word with her if I had heard her say it. Kids, by nature, want to please their parrents. Problems like these start when the parrents are impossible to please.
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