As you might remember, I volunteer an awful lot at my kids' elementary school and I find it really sad just how many parents there are that know they can't control their kids, but choose to just throw their hands up in the air and leave it up to someone else to try and control them. Like you said parenting *is* hard work and it baffles me how these people can just leave what I view as one of the most important jobs I have up to someone else to deal with.
I thought about the questions Lark posed and think it's a bit of everything she touched on. Some parents just don't care while others work so many hours that they have little to no time for their kids. These are the kids that tend to latch on to the teachers and aides in the classrooms or else just cause problems because they don't know how else to get attention. I find it truly sad.
Sorry to get off the Indigo topic. If more people in the 'mainstream' heard it I'm sure they'd take full advantage of using a label for their child rather than address their own shortcomings.
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Date: 2007-04-07 09:12 pm (UTC)I thought about the questions Lark posed and think it's a bit of everything she touched on. Some parents just don't care while others work so many hours that they have little to no time for their kids. These are the kids that tend to latch on to the teachers and aides in the classrooms or else just cause problems because they don't know how else to get attention. I find it truly sad.
Sorry to get off the Indigo topic. If more people in the 'mainstream' heard it I'm sure they'd take full advantage of using a label for their child rather than address their own shortcomings.