(03-22-2021, 03:28 PM)WingerDinger Wrote:

(03-22-2021, 03:23 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: What is it with women in these home renovation shows who need to be able to see their kids playing in another room while they're in the kitchen? Generations of kids grew up just fine not having mommy watching their every move. 

Heck, there were hours at a time my mom didn't see me or my siblings because we were down at the park or riding our bikes around the neighborhood or in the backyard building forts. Also, my mom didn't live in the kitchen. She was a stay-at-home mom until after me and my sister left home and it was just my brother, but she was always busy doing her chores plus stuff we were too young to do and my stepdad didn't have time for because as a UPS driver he was gone most of the day.

It's something that just drives me nuts, the whole helicopter parent thing. But I also never wanted kids so there is that. 

Let's spend five grand to remove a load bearing wall and put up a beam so I can watch from the kitchen while little Suzy and little Johnny play on their iPads! And just to let them know they're super special I'll cheer them on.  

No wonder kids are growing up so needy and codependent.

If you raise your kids, you spoil your grandkids..

If you spoil your kids, you raise your grandkids..

Very much true.  My siblings and I were raised during the time that an [BLEEP] whooping was given by an adult whether it was your parents or school.  I "got the paddle" a few times from the principal at my elementary school and it corrected me for sure.

Our children were raised in a "strict" household in that they were respectful to adults, did what they were supposed to do (chores) and had to "work" for what they got.  They got spanked when they needed it and also got the love when they needed it.

Today I have 3 grandchildren that I get to spoil and their parents hate me for it.  I get to spoil the grandkids then send them home with their parents do deal with.  

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