With Father's Day behind us, I felt that this was the perfect time to share a rant that I have held in since Mother's Day.
After conversations with friends, colleagues and co-workers, I decided I couldn't hold back any longer.
Can the kids today not pick up the phone and give their Mom or Dad a call on their special day? Why do they think that a simple 'Happy Father's Day' or 'Happy Mother's Day' over a text on their cell phone is sufficient?
Remember that whole (lack of emotion) concept that is associated with a text? Well that applies to a text to your Mom and Dad also. All they are, are words. Even if you add a "love you" on the end, it's just not the same. Have we been so sucked into technology that we can't even pick up the phone and express a quick message to our parents?
You see, what you don't understand is that we just want to know that you can spare ten minutes of YOUR TIME. A bonus would be an hour on our special day for lunch or supper. It seems if kids are actually working, it's to buy a car or get a better cell phone. Can they not even spend $10 or so of their 'fun money' to treat their parent to a meal and spend some time with them?
Don't even get me started on the gift of a card, whether store-bought or homemade.
In my previous life (before my divorce), it was tradition to go to Dairy Queen on Mother's Day and I WOULD PAY. It was and still is a running joke. It wasn't about the money, it was about the time with my kids. I have always told my kids that I expect to be recognized on two days of the year. Mother's Day and my birthday. I don't think that's too much to ask.
They are busy, they have their own lives and I understand that, but I'm their Mother and I have earned that small amount of their time. Even now, as adults, my children know and respect that I still require a small amount of their time.
It doesn't matter if you're a regular family or a blended family, you owe it to your parents to recognize them. They've earned it.
Whew…with that over, I can move on to my second rant - under-aged children at the movies. I am so sick of parents dumping their kids off at the show, with cash in hand, to get them out of their hair. They don't seem concerned over the rating of the movie, the cost of the movie or who they are going with.
I am embarrassed to sit through a 14A or restricted movie with a 10 or 12 year-old kid in front of me. It is an adult movie for a reason. It has adult content. Whether it is a language warning, frightening scenes or adult content warning, there is a reason that movies have ratings. It normally is to help viewers determine if the movie should be shown to a certain age group.
Really, parents? Take some responsibility for your children. Better yet, spend some time with them and put a little effort into their lives. There are enough dysfunctional things going on in this world without you not investigating whether your child should sit through an hour and a half of swearing. That's your job to protect them from the big, bad world. They grow up too fast enough. Step up and spend some quality time with your kids.
End of rants!!!!
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