It’s Okay To Teach Your Child To Follow The Rules
May
28
Today I went to Smith’s to buy some groceries. It has been awhile since I have shopped there and today was the first time I noticed that they had little shopping carts for children. My daughters were so excited to have a little cart to push and they were just too cute walking down the aisles pushing the cart together.
After I paid for the groceries I put them into the little cart. A lady beside me was doing the same for her daughter. The cashier then told us that the little shopping carts have to stay inside the store. I explained to Sariah that the little shopping cart had to stay inside so we had to put the groceries in the big cart to take to the car. Well the other lady kept the groceries in the little cart and rushed her daughter out the door quickly. Sariah saw this and had a melt down as she wanted to push her little cart outside as well.
It makes sense that the store doesn’t want the little carts outside as they could easily be stolen and I was very surprised to see a mom teach her daughter that it is okay to break rules and disrespect people in authority. When will the line be drawn?
Teaching children to rebel against rules or be dishonest is not ok.
When I was growing up my parents never did my homework for me. However I saw my dad do my younger brother’s homework for him. He would feel bad for my brother that he didn’t type fast or had a hard time understanding a certain concept. How can a child learn to type faster if he doesn’t type his papers himself? With computers it is easy for parents to cheat for their children. Type the assignment up and download them to flash memory drives and have your child print it off. Even though I was in High School just a few years earlier most of my papers had to be printed.
My Dad’s approach did not work in my brother’s favour, my grades were much better than my brothers. Of course it was funny to see how hurt my dad was when he didn’t get the grade he thought he deserved.
So often I read in the newspaper about children and young adults who commit crimes and when the parents are interviewed they blame the police or society or even the victims themselves. What is wrong with teaching children to take accountability for their own actions and to be honest people?
May 28th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Very well said!
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May 29th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
I think Craig types faster than Dad .. but yeah it is good to teach your children to follow the rules and to become independent.
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May 29th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Correct! its so so NOT OK!
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May 31st, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Wow. How sad for that woman. She’s going to have her children walking all over her if she continues letting them do what they want.
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