Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for May 21, 2021

And then they blame the teachers.

And, thankfully, some who survive bad parenting turn out pretty darn good.

Bully is just the politically correct term for a*sholes.

Leave the parents out of it, Aunty. Wonder what yours think? :D

Speaking from personal experience, Aunty?

Parenting, like anything else, is a crap shoot. You could do everything right and still wind up with a delinquent. On the other hand, you could be the worst parent in the world, and your child will still turn out a responsible citizen.

It’s all a matter of how you stack the odds. Try not to ruin the lives of other human beings. Stack the odds in favor of, instead of against, your children.

My parents were not perfect and did a lot of things wrong. But my sister and I knew that they loved us and were trying to do the best things for us. So we gave them an A+ for effort which gives them a passing grade. Most kids will cut their parents some slack if they know that the parents really do care about them.

You don’t have to be a perfect parent, you just have to do the best you can.

Nah, it’s the genes!

Too true for the daisys that can’t accept that.

Bad, bad parent Ged.

Well I guess Aunty just solved the ages-old Genetics vs Hereditary questions

Here,here!

Nature v. nurture is sheer luck. I have some bad genes, but I turned out only a little neurotic and a functioning member of society for years and years. Second of nine hasn’t ever had a real job and lives off of SSI. She’s vicious as well.

♪♫ “Goldfish a*sholes nibbling at your toes, fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun…” ♪♫

Aunty hit the nail on the head this time! Then it travels into the classroom and the teachers can’t stop it like back in the 50’s and 60’s. Time outs just don’t always work.

Your parents for example.

The one I hate is “Little boys are born wild, & moms have to tame them.”

After my father retired he became a “caller” at the local high school, his job being to call home when kids had an unexcused absence. He, being of the old school, was ASTONISHED at the response he would get from parents (this is in a middle-class white-collar neighborhood) when he’d call an ask after the kids. One parent, when told his child was not at school, said to him “So what? That’s your problem— you’re the school.”

“My offspring are Angels. Everyone else’s children are Demonspawn.”

amen