....and make it a weekly thingie. *shrugs*

This time I'm ranting about uppity parents.

Lemme put this straight. You're not suddenly rocketed to higher realms of morality because you fucked, concieved and squeezed a kid from betwixt your loins, alright? Having a kid doesn't make you any more moral, pure or special than anyone else. Especially when said kid was an accident.

Not to say that accident kids are any less special than the planned ones. My sister was a supposed accident, depending on which parent you talk to. ^_^

But the notion that parents who have accident kids thinking that they have any sort of leg up on people in the moral or intelligence category is just fucking stupid. I shouldn't even have to go into this one.

That being said, why do parents think it's alright, then, to try and limit other people's rights, just because they've popped out some spawn? I mean, in their own house is understandable. You're on their turf, their rules apply (within reason. I knew people once who were trying to charge for every time we swore around their kid. Yeah. No. So, so not the government, and thusly ya have no right to try and impose a "morality tax", such as it were.) Just because you have kids doesn't mean you get to set rules in places other than your own homes. It's fairly rude to go out into public places and expect people to follow the guidelines you've set for yourself.

For example, I swear like a sailor. If someone were to ask me not to swear in their own house (nixing the charging for each swearword thing, that is), I'd be pretty OK with it, as long as ya don't get pissed at me when I slip up. I do so it so much that most times I don't even realize I do it. That's reasonable.

However, it's not reasonable to be hanging with someone in the mall, or a restaurant, or some other public, neutral place, and insist that you not swear, or commit some other "faux pas" in their kids' presence. You have no dominion over the mall. You have no right to try and limit other people's behaviors in this way. You can ask, sure, but to demand such a thing is pretty damn rude.

If you have a certain way you want to raise your kids, then more power to you. However, you can't expect everyone to read your mind when you take your kid out into public, and you can't expect the public to bend to your wishes simply because you've had a child.

That's fucking silly.

The kid is going to hear or see it one way or another, whether you're there or not. You should be happy that you're there when he or she sees such behaviors, so you can enforce your prefered method of upbringing.

The long and short of it is; if you bring your spawn out into a public place, or otherwise expose him or her to other people other than your immediate family, you've got to expect that there are going to be behaviors that don't line up with what you're trying to teach the kid.

But it's not your job, nor your right, to limit the behaviors or rights of those around you. It's your job to teach your kids the ins and outs of the morality you're attempting to impress upon him or her.

After all, if you limit the world-view of your child, how will the adjust when you're not there to hold their hand and censor? Just food for thought.

/rant

Also:

WHAT'S THIS?!

NO LOTION!

NO PRON!

NO VAGINA!

Final Destination.

.....that is all....















"I'll chain you to the truth, for the truth shall set you free
I'll turn the screws of vengeance and bury you with honesty"

-Lamb of God "Laid To Rest"