So does that mean McDonald's feels Mexican and European parents are more responsible than American parents?
As for the responsibility of American parents...the complete idiot/uneducated/ignorant/illegal SSI collecting/ illegal disability collecting/government assisted/ or just plain asshole parent far outnumbers any of us. They multiply and raise there own kind in most cases. I actually heard an overweight 22 year old girl telling a cashier at Wal-mart one time, that she was applying for SSI because neither of her parents were able to hold down a job, and she has tried 2 different jobs and neither worked out for her, so she must have a problem and is going to the "family" doctor to get the paperwork started. Sad, but the entire country is overrun with kids that feel the same way. Fat, lazy,ignorant and they feel the world owes them a living. All the years I was a Varsity football coach, you meet all kinds. I have meet 1000's of parents from all walks of life. I also have had my share of poor kids whos parents never even came to watch, or pick them up from practice, or come to the end of year banquet...ever. I have bought more shoes and items for my players then I will ever for my own family. Then I watch them graduate or drop out and have no guidance in life at all. Several are in jail or were. Others are in dead in jobs and with just a little guidance...they could have been in college. The young man that pumps my gas at the corner station, played for me for 4 years. He had offers from several colleges, but his parents would not take the time to go visit or make arrangements. I never found out until it was way too late. He could have been a very good ball player in college and would have had a great outlook on life after getting to know other kids with some drive and ambition.
Just a year or two ago...I was shopping in Wal-mart food section and was picking up snacks for the football game on a Monday night. There was a boy...about 8 years old...walking down the isle pushing and crushing all the chips in the bags. Just smashing them one after the other. He didn't even care I was standing there. I told him to stop...and not touch another thing. He looked at me and walked away and around the corner into the next isle. About 30 secs later...here come his mom pushing a cart and his dad ( huge sloppy looking dude) on a scooter from the store. The kid whispers in his ear and points to me. I just stood there. They made there way to me, and he says..."did you say something to my son?" I replied "Yes".
"You shouldn't have done that...nobody talks to my kids that way." I said..."Yep...its obvious. He's not well behaved." The mom asked what was wrong. I said he was smashing all the bags of chips...one after the other. The dad says..."that's what kids do". I said..."No, that's what ignorant kids do". "People work hard for their $$$ and don't need to spend it on a product that has been damaged by something out of their control." He tells me to mind my own business or else. Well you guys know me.....I just had to find out what "or else" was....after all, enquiring minds want to know. Well he was gonna take me outside and after 6 months of conditioning, a good diet, some strength training and a tank of oxygen...I was in for it.
I just walked away and found a stock person and told them what was happening. I don't think there was anything the stock person could do but watch, but I left. Just that stupid little chat with the deadbeat parents tells you what that "fine young man" will grow up to be. He'll make the 6 o'clock news in a few more years or the police blotter before that, and Dad will be soooo proud. He'll ride that Government supplied scooter right to his monthly visits at Greensburg Prison and be so proud he raised such a contributing member of society. I'll buy him a bumper sticker..."Proud parent of the kid who stamped your personalized plate"...hahahaha
Love your kids. Treat them to treat others like they want to be treated, but most of all...teach them to call out the people doing wrong. If more people spoke up about the small things...it would make a big difference. They don't have to confront anyone, but tell someone in charge. Make it right.