bad parents

the next generation is often spoilt, increasingly self-centered, blame pushers, highly irresponsible, etc... you name all the negative adjectives and they have it. and no, i don't think it is a generational gap thing, i really think there is really something wrong in the value system of the younger people these days. and i think this is a global trend, judging from the many indicators i have seen amongst many foreigners that suggest this is the same in their own land. and it is certainly a very regretful thing. but i think we cannot blame them for being so. instead, i put the blame squarely on their parents. and i say this from observing how parents spoil their kids, or simply being over-protective of their kids. just over the last couple of days, the following were some of the things i saw that i did not agree...

• parents pushing their kids in prams. and these kids are not those couple of months old type of babies. instead, these kids are easily 5-6 years of age. and it was really painful to see these kids slouching in the prams (that is a tat too small for them). and worst still, the parents gave in when the kids whined out loud when they were asked to leave the pram. 
• parents that encourage their kids to litter. imagine this, after using the tissue, the parents ask the kids to throw the tissue away... yup, not in the bin, simply "eeeeee.... dirty, just throw away la"... and they would slap the kids hands such that the tissue would simply fall on the floor.
• parents giving in to kids when they screamed about wanting candies, chocolates, toys, etc...  
• parents allowing kids to run around crowded shopping centers and when the kids got into the way of the crowd and inconvenienced shoppers, parents would, instead of apologizing for the inconvenience, pass those "tsk tsk tsk" sounds and giving people the f-up look... like as though the whole space belonged to them... and all these in front of the kids. what kind of value system are they signaling to their kids?
• parents who allow kids to be choosy about food...
• parents who fail to discipline kids when their kids screamed at them for buying food they do not like... and instead, apologizing to the kids...

yup... and lots of other examples... just too lazy to list them out... these parents themselves do not seemed to understand what right values are themselves. they ought to be educated and whipped into shape themselves... big time! 

damned!