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09.07.19, 01:25 AM General Topics
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My 10 yo ds is so snarky and it’s really bothering me and also wondering where he gets it. We were watching that show A list and he said the counselors are “ cringey” like his teachers, criticed the “waste of my 20 minutes” on watching the show. Then I was showing him a pic of the town Boy Scouts in costumes and he goes, “looks like they shop at the dollar store.” That last one made me want to send him to bed and cut the WiFi for the weekend. He refused to do scouts and quit the only sport he liked recently to. And he’s 10 going on 40. WWYD to instill some humility? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 09.07.19, 01:25 AM Flag
 

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Thinking a volunteer opportunity is going to be lining up this weekend. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 01:26 AM Flag
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Newsflash! No-one wants to be "served" or deal with your privileged, snot nosed kid! He's not doing anyone any favors with his presence. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 02:47 AM Flag
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Stop giving him so much stuff. And such fancy stuff. Make him shop a the dollar store exclusively. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 01:32 AM Flag
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I have never derided the dollar store and I shop at Wall Mart and Aldis. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 01:38 AM Flag
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Maybe the kids he’s been hanging out with have been making this kind of comment and your dc has just picked up on it. Either way, give him a minuscule budget for something he needs, so he can only afford to get it at the dollar store. Then explain to him that you, as parents may be able to afford to shop elsewhere because you have worked hard to earn the money to do so, but he, as a non-earning individual ,has not even earned the privilege of shopping at the dollar store yet. So had best not disparage those who have. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 01:45 AM Flag
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Dollar stores do not sell what he "needs" such as iphone, ipad, video games, designer clothes and sneakers. Kids today... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 07:31 AM Flag
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Positioning shopping at the Dollar Store as punishment is unlikely to make him rethink his position on it [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 01:13 PM Flag
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He's probably getting it from some obnoxious friend at school who he admires. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 01:33 AM Flag
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Does he watch shows on the disney channel? I don't know if they have gotten better but a few years ago I would not let my kids watch because the kids all talked like this on those shows. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 01:55 AM Flag
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This! My mother lets my kids watch Disney a lot and they copy that behavior. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 01:57 AM Flag
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I was going to ask EXACTLY this!!! When DD was watching Jesse obsessively the snappy/sassy comeback was her primary mode of communication. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 03:35 AM Flag
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Yes recently watched one of these teen shows, the kids were all so obnoxious [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 10:38 AM Flag
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The dollar store comment is rude but the others seem totally normal to me. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 10:00 AM Flag
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This. The dollar store comment is the only one I'd really react to. I wonder if that has something to do with knowing his parents wanted him to do Scouts (I noticed that you said he "refused" which implies he was being prodded a bit?) and feeling like he has to justify why he didn't or something. I would make clear with him that that was rude, and explain why and that I don't want to hear that kind of thing again. The other stuff is annoying and I'd say so but it's pretty common for kids this age to have an attitude and think adults are lame (and it's not this generation, I'm in my 40s and I remember middle-school-kids being awful). He's likely getting this from his friends and classmates. Tell him it bothers you but don't over-react. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 09.07.19, 01:06 PM Flag
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