There is such a thin line between being proud about one's hard earned accomplishments and bragging that the the issue becomes so subjective. So I can't go there and pick a side.
However, I can tell you what irks me most.
When a kid would ask, "How much is that?" then says, "It's $100? Oh that's cheap." My response is always the same. "Until you earn your own money even $1 is not cheap."
Oh here's another one from our 7 y/o neighbor. "You don't have a basement? (We actually do just not finished) You don't have an upstairs?" She looked at me all sympathetic and said, "I feel so bad for you." Kid needs a trip downtown then she will feel really bad lol.
Poops in a diaper. That really gets to me. I mean the toilet is FRIGGIN right there!!!
(he's 15mo)
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When one of my daughters is showing ME something she learned how to do and a neighbor girl is there who seems to always automatically says "I can do that too. That's easy."
I had to laugh at this one, that experience came in our lives many years ago when I took my son and a friend to a discount store to buy school supplies. The child did that the entire time. My son felt totally cheated. And then I had to laugh the other day, the same friend was working in this store fifteen years later. So much for growing up rich and amazing.
when my toddler repeats the same thing over and over.
OH my the tatle tailing!!!!!
"I didnt do it" when you and they clearly know who the h*ll did it.
Being proud... is one thing. That can be discerned... via the tone of the person and their general demeanor and character. Some people are proud but very humble and gracious.
Others are just PRIDEful. That is different.
But when a kid or adult is bragging, even about petty things, well that is obvious too.
These are 2 different things.
I just can't stand kids, that have to always one-up another kid.
That is to me, putting someone else down.
And eventually, kids like that find that other kids won't like them.
When kids tell me things like "you don't have... such and such?!" I just tell them "Everyone is different.... I am not you and you are not me... we all grow up differently." Then I say, "well that's nice you have that. Do you tell your Mommy thank you?" And likewise, my kids, don't get caught up in the one-upping with other kids. Because they know, it does not mean anything in the big scheme of things.
lying first off then bragging second.....cant stand either trait and will make the kids very dislikeable when they grow up. kids themsleves stay away from braggarts and liars eventually. my bigger pet peeve is the parents who dont do a thing about it.
"Where did (Kitty, Froggy, or said stuffed animal) go?" And she never looked in the first place.
I forgive. She's only two and testing, testing, testing the waters!
Oh the time that annoyed me the most was at my son's birthday party the kids complained that we got Walmart brand Hawaiian punch. Teens should not care if their drink is name brands.
How come you didn't buy your son a......
or How come your family doesn't have ....
what irks me is the children with dissrepectful attitudes and intitlement attitudes.
i work at an elementary school and rarely ever correct/yell at children. one whole 5th grade class was just being down right dissrepectful. so i jumped to the aid of a coworker and hollered at them (loud angry mom yell!) for them to be quiet not to talk and to put their heads down on the table. they were so shocked (because i dont yell and i do have a large voice) that they immediatly listened. when they started to talk again i started to separate them. when there teacher came in i explained what happened. from what i hear the teacher laid in to them badly.
my daughter is 5 and is more respectful them 99% of children 5-10 years older then her. i refuse to let her be rude.
I got them to stop saying it but my kids would ask, "NOW what can we eat?" Lol! It made it seem as though they were eating just for the sake of and not from hunger. Or that we hardly ever have food. Silly kids. :)
picking their nose while telling you, your plate is dirty (residue from the dishwasher) after outright asking for foods or dinner
UGGHHHH! I hear ya.
My 9 year old son had a friend that would say things like, "Our house is A LOT newer than yours", "Our kitchen is so much bigger than yours" Etc. Lots of comparisons regarding our homes, which I find to be so odd for a young child to even notice. Of course, this is the same turd that tells my kid "Your family does not go to church because you are lazy" and "The police are going to arrest your family for not going to church". I am really glad my boy realized he is a jerk and stays away from him now!
Kids next door I try to be patient with; they are really young, but it is still annoying that ANYTHING we do or are going to do or any new thing my kids get for a birthday or whatever, they are doing that/have that, too. I am sure they just want to feel included and not left behind, but it is still annoying.
Oh yes.. those kinds of comments irk me. So do the really nosy ones. Like my daughter's friend who was here a few weeks ago:
"How much did you pay for that?" (referring to my computer) Then there was another question along the same lines, but I can't remember what it was now.
Anything where a child is asking an adult money questions, when they child isn't so young that they shouldn't have already been taught it is rude (in this country anyway). This girl is 12. She should know you don't ask financial stuff. I was waiting for her to ask "How much does your husband make?"
it's really stupid because they all do it, i think it's a kid pre-requisite - it drives me nuts when my son goes to "look" for his shoes, comes out 5 minutes later, no shoes. "i can't find them!" as he is thoroughly engrossed in the toy he found instead. *WOW* they are right on the floor next to your bed - you had to actually step over them to come out of the room!
"know it alls" and kids that come to my house and ask for food every 5 minutes
I guess I'm pretty forgiving of kids' social 'faux pas'. They don't know what the heck is ok to say and what's not. So, not much bothers me. However, having been raised by very hard-working parents, it does irk me to high heaven when my kids (not necessarily other people's kids) show just how little they really know the value of a dollar. I'm quick to remind them that they'll figure it out real quick the first time they put a full day in at work to earn those dollars.
