Over enthusiastic parents

[Bambi]

I was sat in Asda, scoffing a spud nursing my hangover when I heard this dude who sounded FAR too enthusiastic for my liking, I was busy wishing he'd shut up when I actually heard him teaching his daughter (all of about 9 or 10) divisions with HER CRISPS. What is the world coming too?! Let the poor girl eat her fuckign crisps in peace Then mum comes back and he's like SHOW YOUR MUM, WHATS 12 DIVIDED BY 3. Then rolling off a couple more challenges for her....

MAybe Im just a grumpy twat, learning is good and all that, but I draw the line when Im trying to eat and someone is making me do my times tables with my goddam food

I thought he had his kids for the weekend or something at first, coz he was on his own and he was over compensating for not seeing them until I saw the wife come over xD

 

[Prince Oberyn Martel]

My mum tried doing sums with food to me once. Told her to sod off quite frankly. Food is not math equipment!

 

[Daenerys]

I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with over-enthusiastic parents, since they're just trying to do the best for their children, even if they are slightly annoying to listen to It's the overly-competitive types and those who live through their children who piss me off.

Like those who make their children go to stage school, tap dancing lessons, auditions for adverts, etc. And there was this programme about children beauty queens - the amount of time and money the parents put into makeup and clothes when the kid just didn't care was disgusting. It's like, let kids be kids for God's sake x_x

 

[Sabriel]

i know my parents are like do this do that and now they're making me revise for me to get a good job but i already am smart (they said so) and do lots of things, like piano and sports.

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

Gah it's one extreme to the next!

Some just don't give a shit about their kids and don't even know they exist and then you get some who just over-do it. XD

There needs to be a balance with these kind of things.

I know that at one stage my parents decided to have math tutors come to our house and get us to do extra work on top of what we already had to do for school. <_<

They thought it would help us and fair enough, but sometimes kids need a break and they don't want to be doing work all the time. It just doesn't stick sometimes when they overload you with work like that.

That poor girl was probably not learning anything anyway. When you're starving and have food on the mind you can't really think of anything else but eating!

Food is our fuel and therefore gives us the strength to think more clearly! He should have made her do math sums after she ate. The bastard. XD

 

[Shu]

Like those who make their children go to stage school, tap dancing lessons, auditions for adverts, etc. And there was this programmed about children beauty queens - the amount of time and money the parents put into makeup and clothes when the kid just didn't care was disgusting. It's like, let kids be kids for God's sake x_x

In the US its all about fathers living through their sons in sports (tends to be the case 80% of the times to be honest). I understand the need to create competition and all, and my dad did the same with me, since I played baseball for 8 years, soccer for 9, ran track for 7 years, and football for 4. I also ran cross country for 2 years. When I stopped doing sports around Senior Year (aside from joining the bowling team for kicks), he just said I was not committed at anything in life and was wasting my talent.

But back to the main topic. My mom is the over enthusiastic type and I think it has to do with her former job being a preschool teacher. She gets hyped up about anything around me, and I do think she has been off her rocker ever since the chemo and radiation in 1992-1993. So I can't exactly slam her, but I will say, yes.. it gets over repetitive and ever since my niece was born, it started all back up again, worse than ever. I feel sorry for her (the niece) because she is so close and my mom takes care of her all the time. Oh well..

 

[Gingerbread Lesbian]

It's the overly-competitive types

I hate that too, especially when they little start shouting at their kids, like this woman who was telling her kid at the school football today that he needs to stop being a puff and get back on the pitch, I mean, he'd pulled his hamstring or something I she was calling him a puff and telling him to get back on, like seriously, he's 8-10 years old.

I don't know about other sports but I definitely know you can't play competitive football leagues if you're 8 because there's too much pressure on the children by their parents and actually forget they're under 8 thus playing for fun

 

[Irihi]

Over enthusiastic parents don't bother me that much, I guess I would rather have that then dull parents anyways =P

My dad, at some points, is like a kid who just drank 10 cups of coffee while eating JuJu Bee's or something. XD

I think that might be where I get my uber awesomeness from, I tend to be just like that at times myself.

Back on topic!
Over-Competitive parents kinda just, more or less rub me the wrong way. I've seem some of these little beauty pagents for the kids on like MTV and stuff, the parents are just competitive you can tell, even if they try to hide it in front of the camera, they get all pissy when their kid doesn't do something the right way or just wants to have fun after hours of praticing the same old thing.

Enthusiasim in parents really isn't a bad thing, only though when it becomes competitive.

Ps. if this post sucks, tis cause zee lioness is super tired XD my apologies

 

[Big Casino]

Hmmmm i dont think its THAT bad of thing to be honest. Theyre helping the kid more than hindering them, so its not doing the chil any bad. That being said though i can understand what ure reffering to, theres a time and a pace for maths ¬_¬ let the wee kid eat his quavers in peace, he can do math in school.
Still though i dont see anything wrong with it.

 

[Bun]

What a lot of these kids don't know is that if they actually sat down and talked to their parents in a civil, mature manner, telling them that they appreciate their enthusiasm, but to tone it down a little, the parents would actually listen. Most kids don't know how to properly have a conversation with their parents. It starts out badly and ends up even worse; thus, creating tension between the two parties and a misunderstanding that probably could have been avoided in the first place. But if a child takes the initiative to show their parents they're more than capable of learning without being smothered so much (and not hurting their parents feelings for wanting to be a part of their child's lives), they'd actually back off.

This isn't always the case, as a lot of parents just truly don't get it and seem to never listen no matter how hard their child tries. However, it's certainly possible to make an impression and get your message through when you do it the right way.

 

[Warbsywoo]

Eh, I don't think it's all that bad either. To be honest, I think there should be more over-enthusiastic parents the world over. If annoying, at least it shows the parents care a lot and not pass off as being somewhat aloof to their children. >.>

I also think some parents aren't enthusiastic enough. Though in some ways raising kids is a chore (source: own parents xD), that fact shouldn't help in distancing the children away from their parents. Parents who take the proactive approach should only do more good than harm to their relationships.

I know my mom is the over-enthusiastic type, and in a way, I'm grateful that she is. Always pushing me to do my best and whatnot. Telling me what I can and can't do, it's just taking advice, I guess. >.>

Anyways, hehe, food seems an odd choice for a math utensil. >.>
And did I gather the girl was 9-10? Sorry, I don't understand this kind of slang.

 

[Totoro]

It's not that bad really. There's far worse things parents can be doing as people have said.

And maybe the kid was enjoying it, I know some kids are inqusitive and love school and want to do sums/spelling or whatever most of the time.

Also if she was 9 or 10, 12 divided by 3 is pretty basic, maybe she needed the help

 

[SapphireStar]

My parents never bothered with that, they just left me alone. To them, school was the teacher, not them. It kinda messed me up alittle as some of my GCSE results were poor and on parents evenings, they barely shown they gave a crap. If a teacher praised me, itwas a "Oh good." If itwas bad, I was so grounded and yelled at. they gave me no encouragement or shown any interest in my studies. So I kinda evny those kids lol who do get parents trying to teach them anything and everything at any given oppertunity.