Parents, if we don’t pay attention now, our kids will reach young adulthood believing their professors, partners, and bosses should cater to their whims.
I was sitting in my daughter’s dance studio waiting room, eager to relax. My husband was at home, parenting our other three kids.
Finally, it was dismissal time. Two women emerged from one of the back hallways, coffee in hand, lost in a whispering conversation. Two older kids trailed behind them. The moms looked up for a split second, spotted the rambunctious younger girls who were punching a decorative inflatable, and told them it was time to go.On my drive home, I remembered why I am so committed to teaching my kids R-E-S-P-E-C-T in the first place.
What I couldn’t tell the student’s father, because of school privacy policies, was that his precious child hadn’t attended class for several weeks. That wasn’t the first parent phone call I’d received. Nor was it the last. So no, my kids cannot do as they damn well please. They have consequences for their poor decisions. And they don’t get to call the shots.
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