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notthetongs -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 9:42:20 AM)

My kid knows me too well for me to even bother.  She'd open the "gift", look at me, and say, "... so, I bet this was supposed to be funny.  You're so weird."



hlen5 -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 10:07:58 AM)

I wonder how much the parents pumped them up for what they were going to get before the recorder started rolling?

I think the kids were reacting to being fooled and who knows how much the over the top boy's parents were egging him on?

I nominate the half-eaten sandwich girl to a future post in the State Department!!



PrincessAyana -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 5:18:00 PM)

That's so funny! I didn't know I'd get a good laugh here after a long day of work!!!!



LookieNoNookie -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 6:17:53 PM)

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LookieNoNookie -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 6:19:23 PM)

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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

yeah, right? or the kid screaming I HATE YOU!! holy shit, I'd have smacked both of them!!


BIG TIME!!!!

(I'd be in prison as we speak!!)



Casteele -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 6:34:15 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Marc2b

I'm not saying a little discipline might not be in order, only that it (and our judgement of these kids) should be tempered with the knowledge of their ages and the fact that the kids were set up. It should also be considered that such reactions (like the "I hate you kid) are not necessarily the result of poor upbringing but can be the result of neurological disorders some of which can result in an inability to deal with frustration. Believe me, I know. I have a niece and a grand nephew (her son), both of whom who have had problems in this area.


I do not disagree with your earlier statements--You are correct that we should temper our responses as well, and in doing so, we are leading by example, correct? The brat was the one I was mostly surprised with, and frankly, I wanted to truss up the parents and toss them down the stairs with him. They just kept rolling the camera, no matter how bad he got or how clear it was he was very upset. Which kind of hits the point about the one thing I do partially disagree with you on: The parents should know the personality traits and limits of their children and act accordingly. Although I admit that until you made me think, I did assume that the parents were, and it was that the child was just a complete brat. But it is just as possible that the parents are failing their child by even pranking him like that to begin with if they knew he might react in such a manner.



LafayetteLady -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 7:15:52 PM)

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ORIGINAL: searching4mysir

I hadn't watched the entire video yet when I showed it to my mom....you should have seen her face when the boy told his mother to lick his balls.


To be fair to the foul mouthed kid, he was actually referring to Santa licking his balls.



LafayetteLady -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 7:19:53 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Marc2b

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I'm sorry, but a kid saying "tell him to lick my balls" goes beyond disappointment and into WATCH YOUR MOUTH,BUSTER (followed by a liberal dose of Dial soap applied to the tongue), IMO. My Mother (who, as a few folks here can personally attest to, and who also was NOT big on corporal punishment) is one of the kindest, gentlest souls around, would have smacked my ass BIGTIME had I said that, especially in response to a gift (joke gift or not).


I'm not saying a little discipline might not be in order, only that it (and our judgement of these kids) should be tempered with the knowledge of their ages and the fact that the kids were set up. It should also be considered that such reactions (like the "I hate you kid) are not necessarily the result of poor upbringing but can be the result of neurological disorders some of which can result in an inability to deal with frustration. Believe me, I know. I have a niece and a grand nephew (her son), both of whom who have had problems in this area.


Really?  So a parent who is raising a special needs child with a neurological disorder thinks it would be amusing to give them something crappy as a gift and film it for a television show is NOT an example of bad parenting?



GreedyTop -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 10:41:08 PM)


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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

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ORIGINAL: searching4mysir

I hadn't watched the entire video yet when I showed it to my mom....you should have seen her face when the boy told his mother to lick his balls.


To be fair to the foul mouthed kid, he was actually referring to Santa licking his balls.


I thought the mother had told the kid that Jimmy Kimmel had put her up to it. Regardless, I still woulda liberally applied a bar of soap



LafayetteLady -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/15/2011 10:50:10 PM)

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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop


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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

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ORIGINAL: searching4mysir

I hadn't watched the entire video yet when I showed it to my mom....you should have seen her face when the boy told his mother to lick his balls.


To be fair to the foul mouthed kid, he was actually referring to Santa licking his balls.


I thought the mother had told the kid that Jimmy Kimmel had put her up to it. Regardless, I still woulda liberally applied a bar of soap


You are right.  I just remembered that he wasn't saying it to his mom.  Language was never a huge issue with me.  It fell under the "choose your battles" category.  When raising a "challenging" child (such an understatement), using such language as a way to express something as opposed to calling someone names and being disrespectful was more of a goal.  In my house, the rule was my son knowing when it was and was not appropriate.

In this case, while I don't necessarily disagree with your view, what that kid said was nothing more than a lot of adults would have expressed regarding the person who put the other (in this case mom) up to the prank.

It was the stocky kid who went totally overboard and was screaming, "I hate you" to his mother that really bugged the hell out of me.  The little boys complaining about getting a "girly" gift or simply stating they didn't like or understand why anyone would give them such a gift didn't bother me at all.  But that stocky kid?  He should get a stocking full of coal.



Marc2b -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/16/2011 7:05:33 AM)

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The parents should know the personality traits and limits of their children and act accordingly. Although I admit that until you made me think, I did assume that the parents were, and it was that the child was just a complete brat. But it is just as possible that the parents are failing their child by even pranking him like that to begin with if they knew he might react in such a manner.


Indeed, the parents should know but that doesn't necessarily mean they do. They may have been raised similarly and consider it normal behavior. Or they may be ignorant (or worse willfully ignorant) of problems that their child has. Then again, they may just be dumbasses willing to exploit their child for a few minutes of "fame." Modern society is replete with exampoles of parents willing to exploit their children for such ends. Remember the "balloon boy?"



Marc2b -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/16/2011 7:06:53 AM)

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Really? So a parent who is raising a special needs child with a neurological disorder thinks it would be amusing to give them something crappy as a gift and film it for a television show is NOT an example of bad parenting?


It would be an example of atrocious parenting. I'm not really sure what your point is.



itsSIRtou -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/16/2011 7:38:55 AM)

....ya know,... the flip side to this is how much children feel like they....

1. should get only the best and most costly stuff for xmas.
2. are the only ones who can pull a prank
3. can say any rude things in front of their parents and the can get away with it.

...Im sorry but some of this just seems to show how totally out of control chidlren are these days.....


SIR



DaddySatyr -> RE: “I gave my kids a terrible present” (12/16/2011 7:43:08 AM)

I can't help but think back to raising my children and my own younger days. I wonder if it is just a male thing (I wasn't lucky enough to have daughters) but, invariably, at some point in their lives, I would buy their most desired toy and after a time, they wound up enjoying the box, more.



Peace and comfort,



Michael



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