2007-01-17 00:49:16 · 12 answers · asked by RED WHITE AND BLUE 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Why would anyone want to embarass their kids??
My dad embarasses me alot, so I try to embarass him back (Like saying his age and weight in public, haha)
2007-01-17 14:03:25 · answer #1 · answered by Hurley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just one more service? Not quite sure what you mean, but being a parent is not a service that I offer. I am a parent by choice which means that I chose that lifestyle. Kids don't ask to be born and it shouldn't be thought of as a job. It is a privilege. Just being with my children and mothering them is a wonderful thing. Embarrassing children is not a service either. Why in the world would you ever want to embarrass your children? Embarrassment not only causes children pain, but it can also close the lines of communication. Why chance it to make yourself feel good? I don't think it is funny.
2007-01-17 08:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by ssstinagail 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I certainly wouldn't call it a service since I am not paid for it. I call it a right of passage because we have ALL be embarrassed not only by our parents but by our children. I remember there was a time when just going in public with my mom was embarrassing let alone her screaming down the alse in the supermarket "do you need tampons". I always promised myself I would NEVER embarrass my little ones and I don't know if I have. Unless the time I kept telling the nephew I raised to pull up his pants if everyone wanted to see his boxers we'd ask him to not wear jeans and he refused, kept wearing the jeans down under his butt cheeks. So one day we were outside and I guess I was complaining about it over and over again and he wouldn't pull them up so I walked up behind him and pulled his pants down and said "there now everyone can see the boxers you are so proud of" He says he didn't embarrass him but he's 16 now and wont wear his pants down low around me anymore.
2007-01-17 09:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by texas_angel_wattitude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Embarrassing my children is up there on my list of parenting duties between cooking dinner and laundry.....I have hours of video tape of nose picking, loud farts and other non mentionables ready for the first boyfriends coming over to dinner.....ahhhh...payback is sooo sweet.....but please don't think that I am not already an embarrassment to my little darlings already.....one look at my 10 year old as I attempt to plant a big sloppy on her face outside school confirms that.
2007-01-17 11:37:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mum3grls 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh absolutely TRUE its one of the few perks of parenthood especially when u catch them off guard by being all cool and great then suddenly become the mummy who shouts things like are you wearing clean underpants in front of everyone hell yeah its our duty to embarass, its payback for all the times the kids ask u why people are fat in a crowded place.
lighten up all u who think we shouldnt and as for you people who think calling it a service is bad you need to laugh a little and not rip apart someones question cos u dont agree with how its asked.
2007-01-17 09:32:27 · answer #5 · answered by sharipoos22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very true...just think of all the times they embarassed you!...screaming in the middle of a store for no reason, or saying very loudly something you thought they didn't hear you say....it'll help them get a sense of humor...not everything is life is perfect...a little embarassment now and them canhelp keep them from getting a GIANT ego, like most do as they get older...it'll help them learn to laugh at themselves once in a while...
2007-01-19 13:00:04 · answer #6 · answered by Dales' Mommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are right. I try to embarrass my son (16) at least once a week. Most of the time I don't even try.....like just this week I loudly asked him in the grocery store if he needed deodorant, and there was a young girl about his age standing close by. He was mortified!! LOL
2007-01-17 08:56:01 · answer #7 · answered by spelling nazi 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I embarrass my daughter without even trying! And here I thought I was a "cool mom". LOL
2007-01-17 09:15:22 · answer #8 · answered by Lotus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do think that parents should descipline their kids but embarassing them isn't fair they do enough of that accidently but as a punishment that just not right. I remember being a kid when my mom was mad at me and embarassed me in front of people (she didn't do it purposely but it felt that way) she made me want to disobey her that much more.
2007-01-17 11:47:44 · answer #9 · answered by nobody 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lighten up ssstinaga...ghees.
True!!!! embarrassment builds character. Not to mention it makes for some funny family stories to tell later on.
As well as embarrassment for kids is part of childhood development...helps them learn to laugh at themselves and not to take EVERYTHING so seriously and to learn that you need a break and laugh, its part of being healthy.
2007-01-17 09:03:19 · answer #10 · answered by gypsy g 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋