That SOME parents are precious / selfish / entitled

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I’m going to start with I’m actually a mum to a 3 year old. I’m also not talking about all parents, I know the majority are not like this.

I just can’t understand the pure entitlement some parents expect when they have kids.

I see it in real life and on MN.

My children should be invited everywhere, and rather than declining I’m going to have a strop and fall out because my precious child isn’t invited to your wedding or party.

Expecting everyone to come to your house because you have a child and don’t want to make the effort to meet half way or drive to them. There are definitely exceptions to this, your child is newborn / very little still. Annoys me when people of 1/2/3 year olds say “come to me” or “I’m not driving to you” cause I have kids. I’m ALWAYS taking my child to meet friends/family half way or make 50-50 effort.

I can see why childfree friends get the hump with their mum friends, yes some people don’t understand until they are a mum but your childfree friend shouldn’t make all the effort for the next 5 years because you have a child.

One that annoys me the most is other parents who don’t watch their child at soft plays, or let them scream / destroy things / cause a huge problem whilst out and about but won’t try to comfort their child or stop them because “they’re children”. Please parent your child and tell them to stop grabbing my 3 year year old, don’t just laugh and say “kids”

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It only gets worse as they get older.

Terrible behaviour at school that the parent refuses to accept and blames the teacher/school for.
I know of several children that are on their 3rd/4th local school because "we had to pull them out because the school were picking on him". Unlikely, but could happen once. 2/3+ times, no. It's your pathetic parenting causing the problems.

I seriously worry for those children's future. They've got no hope of being well adjusted adults.

Yes fully agree! Parents think their child is a little angel when really they are a bully/class clown

I think that the only people who would disagree with you are the ones who demonstrate those behaviours 🤷‍♀️

The worst parents are the ones that can't even see how poor their parenting is and how self entitled they are.

As a teacher I see kids whose parents have assumed parenting is just buying your kids what they want and not spending time with them, and expecting school to deal with the behaviour. Some of the most neglected kids are from wealthy families.

Or parents who let their toddlers in prams stare at a screen rather than interacting with them.

Or parents who use ASD/ADHD as an excuse for poor behaviour.

The amount of parents I get demanding I revoke a detention as their child could not possibly have done whatever it was and I must be lying...

I think thankfully these are a minority though and most parents do the right thing...

Parenting these days is generally just as shit as it always has been but today’s parents seem to think they’re so much better at it than previous generations. They really aren’t. Kids are either feral, massively entitled or woefully under prepared for the realities of life. Well rounded, resilient kids with a bit of initiative and ability to think for themselves are so bloody rare it’s scary.