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In reply to the discussion: Family Mad After Dolphin Bites Girl at SeaWorld, But 8-year-old broke the rules (video) [View all]DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)"Just because people have children doesn't automatically make them 'parents'".
I live in a very popular tourist destination and witness a steady steam of Bad Parenting. I have a 1911 Indian with an original sidecar. I have lost count of how many times I have walked out of a bar on our Plaza to find parents taking pics of their little shits while said shits are sitting in - or standing on - the sidecar.
I always light into the parents.
Most common response?
"You ought to have a sign on it if you don't want kids on it."
Next most common response?
"I guess you're one of those people who have a problem with kids being kids."
It's as if there is a Bad Parenting 101 that I haven't heard about. Where do they get that crap?
Those people in the article should have made damned sure that their kid followed the stated guidelines. They sound like the assholes who think their kids have every right to fuck around with my bike which is probably worth more than their house.
Teach your children well, people.