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In reply to the discussion: Why American Kids Are Brats [View all]Dorian Gray
(13,488 posts)118. I'm curious too
I'm a parent of a 15 month old, and I hang around with other parents. We all teach our kids how to say hello, goodbye, thank you and please. We all teach our children how to clean up after themselves. We all are teaching our kids how to be polite, nice and considerate. To share.
I don't think it's un-american to do those things.
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In my experience it is because the French are more accepting of extramarital sex...
rfranklin
Feb 2012
#10
I once was so fed up with my fifth graders not saying please and thank you that I
roguevalley
Feb 2012
#16
yeah, by HS, it wasn't formal you'd raise your hand and say you need to use the can and it was ok...
dionysus
Feb 2012
#35
Sometimes some teachers or entire school districts seem to care more about control
Matariki
Feb 2012
#93
No, if you read the article, you'll see that it's all French people, even the daycare providers.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#49
one wonders what the elders said about Hesiod's generation when they were young
fishwax
Feb 2012
#25
Is that an excuse for bad manners? Because some people had bad manners when they were young?
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#63
No, it's not an excuse. Beyond that, I'm not really sure of the point of your response to me...
JHB
Feb 2012
#71
"Why American Kids Are Brats" because we keep telling them they are so we are going to
seabeyond
Feb 2012
#9
Pfft...you should hear kids from Argentina. They are fucking loud and annoying. American kids have
Evoman
Feb 2012
#22
I was trying to quietly read Diderot in the adult incontinence aisle at Wal-Mart
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#38
It's because we are old, cranky, and weren't spoiled, annoying brats in OUR youths.
Darth_Kitten
Feb 2012
#57
You'd want kids off your lawn too, if your vision was failing, your back was sore, and your ass hurt
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#86
Maybe American Kids are brats 'cuz last year they got their stuffed animals thrown in the fireplace
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#116
I didn't need anyone to tell me American kids are rude. I witness it frequently.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#50
I don't know about French children but I grew up in a house were manners were taught in the cradle.
nanabugg
Feb 2012
#32
Yeah, it's funny to denigrate someone's heritage. "Hey, he's an a-hole...he must be Italian!"
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#109
I know. People should be able to discuss Why American Kids Are Brats
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#113
Oh, I'm sorry that I responded to the goofy generalization-laden premise with a generalization.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#85
Yeah, it's funny to denigrate someone's heritage. "Hey, that's as bad as being Italian or black!"
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#108
It's true that a lot of Japanese parents treat their sons like crown princes
Lydia Leftcoast
Feb 2012
#105
I've been trying to think of a reply to this thread without the "get off my lawn" feel to it.
Arkansas Granny
Feb 2012
#53
Yes, a close community or neighborhood can be almost as good as family.
Arkansas Granny
Feb 2012
#65
I' m French. I listened to this person being interviewed, and my feeling was: what a load of BS.
Mass
Feb 2012
#69
I am the Mom of a 6 and 7 year old and I substitute teach in schools all week.
Jennicut
Feb 2012
#73
One of the good things religion did was teach kids to sit still and be quiet for an hour at a time
FarCenter
Feb 2012
#78
Most American children ARE rude. But then, so are their parents. And children from the north tend
appleannie1
Feb 2012
#87
My mother once talked to the director of a Norwegian's children's choir that performed in
Lydia Leftcoast
Feb 2012
#102
Argue what way? You mean, with stupid generalizations like "American Kids Are Brats"?
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#114