Friday, April 10, 2009

"Growing up too fast" or "My daughter is a slut"

I'm watching Dr. Phil and these parents....geesh. http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/1223/
First of all, their 14 year old is dressing like every other 14 year old I see. Granted, I personally think they dress too old, but that doesn't automatically mean
"slutty."
Second: if you hate what she wears DON'T BUY THE CLOTHES!!! She's 14 for crying out loud, she's not old enough to have a job. If she gets them somewhere else it's easy enough to take it to Goodwill or pouring bleach on them and throwing them in the garbage.

I personally think the bigger problem is the 12 year old they allow to act like a 6 year old (mimicking everything her sister says in a fight for instance) but hold on a pedestal. They keep showing her smirking in the audience. She's a little attention whore, that's what she is.

And why is Dr. Phil not paying any attention to the 14 year old saying she feels she's stupid? All he said was "So do you think, then, that maybe you're too dumb to realize you're doing the wrong thing?" WTF?!?!?! Are you kidding? Who the heck gave you your degree!?!?!

I swear. I understand parenting is difficult, but most people make it harder than it needs to be. My mom had severe anxiety that kept her bedridden most of the time and my father traveled for business fequently and they still did a bang-up job.
How?
Spanking for blatant rebellion and lying.
Swearing = soap in the mouth
No TV until High School.
No radio/non-Christian music until High School.
No fashion magazines until High School.
No makeup before 16.
Strict dress code until college: shorts had to come to fingertips, no spaghetti straps, no cleavage
My parents had to meet my friends parents before we were allowed to hang out outside of school
Focus on schoolwork
Quality time spent talking to me about my choices regarding friends and life in general.
Chores
Church on a fairly regular basis.
...for starters

Did they make mistakes? Of course. But I never even fantasized about half the stuff kids and teenagers do today.
How did we wind up with such a high rate of teen pregnancy and STDs?
Anorexic preteens??
Abusive 8 year olds?
6 year olds who know more swear words than I do at 23?
The same reason we have 3 year olds who are obese:
Absent parents and an irresponsible community/nation.
That's how.

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