Children are Assholes

Let me first begin by saying, I do not have children; therefore, I am sure there are some perfectly well adjusted, non entitled children out there...but I haven't seen them. In general people are raising little assholes who will grow up to be bigger assholes.  

What do I mean? 

Every child since the beginning of time has said "I want" or " I need" (insert something here). I can remember getting the Wish Book when I was young, flipping through the pages and imagining all of the things I could ask for. Writing my mile long list...and some years even totaling it, in hopes that Santa would bring me one item on it. I was sure to asterisks the most important ones.

It usually consisted of some clothes, a game or a barbie. I did not get gifts every time we went shopping, there was no Dollar Store and the thought of even asking for something outside of a special event was not in the realm of my thinking. 

To go on school or club trips I dusted, vacuumed and did odd jobs to earn some spending money. I grew up in a rural area, so babysitting was not an option. My parents spent more money driving me to my part-time jobs than I made, but it was all to learn a valuable lesson, one which I am eternally grateful for...I know the value of money.

I hear my friends talk about gifts for their children and I am always amazed what they ask for: laptops, ipads, cell phones, $400 jackets...etc.  I am thinking I have some of this but I WORK for it, I do not feel it should be given to me.  Children are very materialistic these days and no one is changing it, more, so they seem to be encouraging it. Are these same parents going to support these children when they get their first credit card and max it out? Are we raising a future society of over spenders?

Tonight I was having dinner out, listening to a conversation going on at the table behind me...yes I admit I was eavesdropping...when the meals were being delivered the mother and daughter both ordered spaghetti and meatballs. The mother had one more meatball on her plate (because the child basically screamed it). The child demanded they change plates because it was her birthday and the mother did...and then told her to keep her voice down.

Again, I am not a parent but I see many things wrong with this scenario.

People need to be a parent, stand up to their children and not try to be their friend. Act up and there are consequences, Want an ipad? Earn it! 

I'm not saying don't buy these things, but I don't feel a nine year old needs a cell phone unless he/she suddenly has invented something and is growing an empire. Entitled Children....I would like to take out my bat (foam of course) and beat their parents with it...as these are the children who will dump you off at the first nursing home they find after you refuse to pay for their family's vacation to Bora Bora...and the only person you have to blame is yourself.

This is how I feel as I sit here drinking my tea on my high horse wanting to bitch slap the 9 year old at dinner.  Maybe I need to add something stronger to me tea.