On My Tour Of Washington DC And Already Playing "Spot the Disney Dad"

Was in line to tour George Washington's house and there was a bratty (s)kid stepping ON the demarcation chain; pushing it into the ground. He continually did this without admonishment by disney dad

The whole family reminded me of the Girhippo clan in that they were all freakishly tall and albinoesque. Other than the fact that they were actually slender and not morbidly obese, the similarities were uncanny.

After about 10 minutes of this kid deliberately stomping on the chain link, the dad finally softly said "better not do that, buddy."

I tell you what, if that had been MY bios I would have yanked them off that chain so fast, time would have moved BACKWARDS!

My suspicions were completely confirmed when the approx. 12 yr old mini wife did a spontaneous snuggly nose-y thing with disney dad and the boy went right back to stepping on that chain again!

Oh the wretched flashbacks!

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That reminds me of a former

That reminds me of a former friend of mine. Her BS was about 8 years old at the time, I believe he was in second grade and the kid is a holy terror. He has nearly gotten kicked off the school bus for fighting multiple times, almost suspended from school for his behavior, etc. She gets mad at the teacher and bus driver over it. I used to hear her talk to him the same way the Disney dad you saw spoke to his son "better not do that buddy." He would literally be walking across the stove digging through the kitchen cabinets and she would say "what can I help you find, buddy."

She once tearfully told me that she didn't want to come down too hard on him because absolutely no one liked him and she didn't want him to be 20 years old and realize no one liked him and then kill himself because he thought no one loved him. She figured if she was easy on him at least he would know his mother loved him and then he wouldn't kill himself.

I tried to explain to her that perhaps if she tried to actually discipline her kid and get him under control he might actually start making friends and having lots of people that like him but she just couldn't bring herself to do it.

She had no problems coming down on her SS though. My personal favorite was when she had to go down to the bus garage with her SO to watch the video feed of the fight her precious snowflake got in on the bus. She grounded both boys. Her BS for fighting and not asking for help and also grounded SS for not defending his brother. I never could really figure that one out.

I no longer speak to her for several reasons, one of which was our totally differing parenting philosophies and I couldn't stand her kids.