Babysitting Nightmare
- Thread starter FishPrincess
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I am glad that things are going to be worked out. Hope you get the chance to do something positive with the situation.
What scares me is how some people have so little expectation for an eight year olds ability to understand. At eight years old I had yard care jobs that I had rounded up for myself so I could help pay for my own hobbies which included hunting, fishing, pets, estes model rockets. boating and camping. All of which I did alone at times eccept for boating (very hard for me to get the boat to the water myself) and I understood the responsibility involved in safely doing these things. My dad worked construction and was gone a lot and mom kept a list of the noteable good and bad decisions I had made. When dad got home one of the first things that happened was the accounting for the list and the rewards and punishments taken care of. Next thing that happened if mom and I had things under control and there was nothing major that needed immediate attention we all went hunting, camping, fishing, boating or well you get the picture I had real responsabilities that affected the family situation that taught me the resposibility, safety and consequences involved with my decision making.
Point being is it makes me really sad when people show so little expectation for their younger children when the kids are capable of so much more than we give them credit for. Sorry for the rant but if a child of that age is not responsible (which may very well be the case) it is usually not because they can't be because they are not old enough but because it has never been expected of them or taught to them. Not passing judgent on what happend because I don't know anything about the situation details and they are not my buisness just some of the comments made really make me sad about our attitudes and expectations of our children these days.
What scares me is how some people have so little expectation for an eight year olds ability to understand. At eight years old I had yard care jobs that I had rounded up for myself so I could help pay for my own hobbies which included hunting, fishing, pets, estes model rockets. boating and camping. All of which I did alone at times eccept for boating (very hard for me to get the boat to the water myself) and I understood the responsibility involved in safely doing these things. My dad worked construction and was gone a lot and mom kept a list of the noteable good and bad decisions I had made. When dad got home one of the first things that happened was the accounting for the list and the rewards and punishments taken care of. Next thing that happened if mom and I had things under control and there was nothing major that needed immediate attention we all went hunting, camping, fishing, boating or well you get the picture I had real responsabilities that affected the family situation that taught me the resposibility, safety and consequences involved with my decision making.
Point being is it makes me really sad when people show so little expectation for their younger children when the kids are capable of so much more than we give them credit for. Sorry for the rant but if a child of that age is not responsible (which may very well be the case) it is usually not because they can't be because they are not old enough but because it has never been expected of them or taught to them. Not passing judgent on what happend because I don't know anything about the situation details and they are not my buisness just some of the comments made really make me sad about our attitudes and expectations of our children these days.
