ignorant people rant
Parents don't discipline kids anymore. They just don't have the nerve.
Is that the issue or is it that most parents just don't give a s*** anymore. There's a four year old pedaling his bike up and down the street right now, not a parent in sight.
Hey, the kid's out of the parents' hair. And the parents won't give a crap until something bad happens, like he pedals his bike out in front a car. Then they'll give a s***. They'll give a s*** enough to sue the driver of the car all the while they aren't giving him the parental guidance he needs to be safe on his bike. They aren't standing to make sure he's safe. Hey, you know how responsible four year olds are. Give him a bike, cut him loose, he'll be fine on his own.
They give a crap enough to listen if the neighbors are telling him right from wrong. One of the older gentlemen told the kid to be careful and got an earful from the parents as to how dare he talk to their kid that way. Yet they think it's up to the rest of the neighborhood to be unpaid babysitters.
Nah, it may sound cynical, but I've seen too many parents try to be friends rather than be parents.
