Terrible ParentingMy parents used to lock my brother, sister and I in the car while they went to the pub for a "quick one" after work. This quick one might last several hours, during which they would send bottles of Indian Tonic Water to us by way of refreshment.
On one particularly cold evening, bored stupid, we lit a small bonfire on the back seat of the car using the cigarette lighter and the contents of the glove box. We owe our lives to passing winos. (BTW: Please no more Maddie or Jesus gags, they've been done.)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2007, 9:47)
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Not so 'bad' as 'awkward'.My friend's parents would bet him money to do stupid things, such as tazer himself or drink bottles of hot sauce.
My parents regularly warn me against associating with people who have 'lesser' education, a different skin color, or are gay/lesbian/bisexual, yet claim not to be biased.
For a while I've been working on a sort of small business with some guys I know. When my mum found out, she made me drive her to our 'meeting' and stood and yelled on the doorstep for an hour.
During the first few years of school, I had stellar marks. A+'s all around. In the third grade, I missed a homework assignment and my dad's been going ballistic over it ever since, bellowing at anyone who would listen that I needed counseling, since I was clearly shirking my important duties, being irresponsible, and wasn't mature enough.
They try, but they're a little out of touch with contemporary reality, I think.
Edit: Forgot the only really 'terrible parenting' one of the lot -- was in Vegas once, being dragged around by mum who would occasionally stop to drop a couple of quarters in a machine. Finally she got sick of not being able to sit and play, so put me in the bathroom and went off to the slots. She only remembered I was there when they made an announcement over the intercoms that some pudgy crying kid had been abandoned in the ladies'.
(, Mon 20 Aug 2007, 21:19, Reply)
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