Coddled Kids Run Wild

You know you're old when you find yourself saying, "Those damn kids!" Kids are more wild than ever and it can't help when parents coddle them more than ever. If you're a coddling parent, no offense, and give your kids some room to learn to live without you, because someday they'll have to. (Sorry, but you really had to hear that.) If you're a coddled kid, grow up and stop hiding behind your parents; one day you'll have to stand on your own. (Sorry, but you really had to hear that, too. And please stop throwing rocks at my window.)

Why are grade school age children running around unsupervised all day and night during the school year? They meandering down the center of a busy avenue right outside my window. Yes, really. Cars zooming by all around them. It's a miracle none of them have gotten run over yet. Singly, in pairs, or in small groups, they just roam the streets without any adults during the school day in a neighborhood where at least one registered sex offender lives.

Isn't it enough that they get more snow days off than any previous generation did? It wasn't too long ago (not decades anyway) when I had to walk to school the day after it snowed six feet. On top of several more feet from previous days. Now they cancel school if the forecast even mentions flurries (but the sky doesn't even manage a single flake). Apparently, it's all about the probability of over involved parents ready to sue. Lay off guys, your kids are going to have to slip and slide on ice/sleet/snow sometime.

How are kids supposed to learn if you don't make them go to school? How are they supposed to manage when you're not there to hold their hands, provide for their every whim, and do everything for them? Please don't do their homework for them, you might get it wrong anyway. Ever seen that show Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Most American adults really aren't. Nowadays, parents are getting to involved with their kids' professors and even their job interviews. When's it going to stop? Are you still going to do their work (and laundry) for them when they're middle aged and you should be retired? You should be relaxing then, and they should be taking care of YOU. Instead, they won't be able to care for themselves, let alone anyone else.