One morning I heard this ruckus in my yard. I opened the door to find these kids trying to knock mangoes from my tree. They had come into the yard and taken my yard broom and was throwing it up into the tree. At first I was really pissed. Then I called them over and asked how they came to be in my yard with my broom taking my mangoes from my tree. two of them ran but one kid and his sister or little girl friend stayed and apologized. I told them they need only knock and the door and ask and I would knock them down myself for them which I proceeded to do.
As I walked back to the house I was thinking to myself " these f'ing kids" then I thought back to when I was their age and it caused me to ask the question: Did I do stuff like that when I was a kid? which leads to my question for the gallery
Have you ever caught yourself scolding a kid for some of the same things you did when you were their age. Be honest.
4 comments:
Sounds to me like the 2 that stayed at least were raised right.
I'm impressed though... Instead of getting mad, you told them all they had to do was ask.
Next time you see the two that ran... throw some mangoes at them... maybe they would have liked some too... lol
You would think that as a public school teacher I would have scolded kids for doing things I used to do, but no. I'm not a big "scolder;" I just give "the look."
I personally think kids don't do half of the stuff I used to do, and that's sad. I would have secretly watched those kids stealing mangoes with a huge smile. Now that's something I used to do. Today, all they want to do is play video games.
I find myself giving "that look" to my niece and nephew as my dad did to me. Scarey that I look just like him but MUCH cuter :-)
Working at a college I find myself telling the younger, right out of highschool, kids not to try and grow up so fast. I remember my mom telling me that so many times. Now I long for the days that I didn't have to worry about bills and work and BLAH BLAH BLAH as we do as adults.
Byron, I probably would have handled myself the same way you did...or at least I hope I would.
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