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Yup. Here is another one. A rant about the inner workings of
the pediatric world. You sick of these yet? Tough. I work in a pediatric
office. What do you expect? Deal with it. I sometimes hate when I just
blog-rant. But it is so stress relieving. So you may just have to deal with one
more of these. Sorry.
Just a heads up. I am not a parent. Probably won’t be for
awhile. But where I work I see parents in action and sometimes it makes me
sick. So this is an opinion. On what I consider “Bad Parenting” to be. Don’t agree?
That’s fine.
First off… minor rant of sorts. If you have children and you
take them to a public place…PLEASE clean up after them. I swear I have cleaned
up poop on walls before in my office. Sometimes I walk into a room ready to
clean it for the next patient and it is like 3 little tornados have gone
through the room. Crumbs are everywhere, it smells like rank diaper, our books
are destroyed, and walls are colored. How in hells sake can you just let your
children run amuck and destroy other people’s property. Had I done that as I child
I would be punished faster than you swat at a mosquito. It is ridiculous
how inconsiderate some people are. GAH! Fix it future parents. Its
pathetic.
Now the major rant. Put your big kid pants on. This might
get crazy. Every now and then we get children who are spawn of Satan. Hellians.
Demons. They scream and kick and yell and bite. (yes we have had people bitten)
Just the joys of working with kids right? WRONG! I honestly believe that
behavior is learned. Yes genetics take a role in certain things, but in this
regard I am 100% nurture. (Unless there is physical brain deformities or
problems...but that’s a whole other post)
About 110% of the time these children have parents who
baffle me. While their child is screaming at me while all I want to do is weigh
them….they sit there and are playing “Angry Birds”. Or they sooh and cooh to the
child and say in the sweetest voice possible “it’s all right.” I understand
that we are kind of a traumatizing place to be at. I get that. But this goes
deeper then freaking out about getting a shot and crying.
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What I am talking about is these kids learn the system. If
they throw a fit they will get away with it. They become entitled. If I don’t get
what I want, I will throw a fit until I get what I want. Mom and Dad aren’t going
to do anything about it. Then when I get what I want I will be the cute little
angel my parents are conditioning me not to become. Soon I am a terror and when
they can’t control me they will blame it on ADD. (once again a WHOLE other post
that I will not even mention at the moment.)
For me I hate this. I think it stems a lot of problems in
society. I think this form of pediatric entitlement eventually morphs into
bullying, and other adolescent issues. Procrastination and street youths (if
you get the New Girl reference you are a rock star) thinking they are better
then everyone else. There is an article on KSL that is BOOMING with comments
about a group of cheerleaders from Highland
The point I guess that I am trying to get at with this post
is aimed at parents. Don’t let your kids control you. They need to learn
responsibility. If you do not teach them that by act and deed. Through punishment
and example. They will never learn. And they will grow up to be bullies and
Highland Cheerleaders. Like I said earlier…I am not a parent. But I have
INCREDIBLE examples all around me. One thing they have in common…their children
behave. Why? Because they don’t put up with their crap. Be proactive. Care about
the future of your children. What we do when out kids are 2 and 3 can have a
profound impact on their lives. Make sure it is the right impact.
ugh....too true.
P.S. this is a long one. Sorry. Very close topic that I see
on a daily basis. What do you think about the whole issue?
P.P.S 2000 blog points for reading. This one was brutal.
