When I was growing up, my father used to meet these women with kids that they felt the need to just fluff. They would tell me about how little johnny was this, that and the other. How they "just" passed their english, math, or science class or they accomplished something b/c they were on the merit roll.
(I should say I was in the Honors Program so that didn't mean squat to me, but I would just smile and nod my head)
Step-parents, why do you feel the need to do that?
2006-06-14 13:36:14 · 5 answers · asked by King H 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Just be patient and let them brag if they feel the need. I mean what harm does it do? Granted it can get annoying in some cases, but it probably means alot to them to do it, so I would just suck it up and let them have it. There are far worse things you know.
2006-06-14 13:47:15 · answer #1 · answered by Consuming Fire 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bragging is putting other people down. See what a good parent I am and I have raised this exceptional child. Who at this point is being embarrassed to death. Foster parents do that to.
Brag about their own kids. But foster kids are terrible no matter what you do. This causes foster kids to hate their children.
Then send them out to play is like sending them out to die.
My dad almost married this lady. Then one day she said, I could learn a lot from her daughter. I said, "I don't think so!" She said I was rude and she knew she could change me. Dad said, No deal, I like her just the way she is." Love that man! She's history.
2006-06-14 13:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Achievements are something to be proud of but to discredit others for it is absolutely the wrong thing to do. It takes positive energy and turns it against people generally for the stupidest reasons. But why they do this may be as simple as a conversation piece or to see how good/bad their step child is doing in comparison with other comparable children of roughly the same age.
2006-06-14 13:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by I want my *old* MTV 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they want you to think good of their kid and maybe get you to chose them for a role model. it's wierd how step parents are obsessed with this.
2006-06-14 13:48:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they want the other parent to adopt their parenting techniques to raise the new child. :)
2006-06-14 13:39:40 · answer #5 · answered by Karla Usagi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋