Does anyone else flinch when they hear their teens in public? Wonder how on earth they brought them up like that?
I've just watched DD2 (16) do her job serving teas at a sports club. She and the other teen worker act as if they are too good to be there. They don't smile, they avoid eye contact, they don't always answer people who talk to them, they turn away and laugh with each other. She's been doing the job a year and its regular customers pretty much every week so its not as if she doesn't like the work. They were suddenly nice to some people, but then hardly talked to the next ones (not looks-related from what I could see, although shy young lads got the worst brush-offs). I notice that the regular customers didn't try to talk to them, just visitors. Then when I drove them home they bitched about how annoying the little kids were (I didn't think so) and all the ones they just don't like.
Don't get me wrong - they did their job fine but I was just struck by the attitude of 'don't even try to talk to me'. I've always been more of a 'smile costs nothing' person. DH is quiet but would never put people down.
She's always been in a bit of a clique at school, and she can keep herself to herself at home (except for when she's feeling in need of a hug), but I honestly never thought she'd be so 'up herself' in public. Isn't that an awful thing to say about your own dd?
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Casxy · 04/06/2011 17:52
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