King's Daughter's Kitchen

My top pet peeves have changed with my growing self-esteem. They are:

1. People who have children but don’t parent. Parenting is an action verb. God gave you that particular child because you are the right fit for him or her. Nobody else should do your job for you. You are not a best buddy. You are Yoda, training young Jedi to fight in the galaxy and not get killed. Your greatest weapon is prayer. Sometimes, You have to use the force to guide your child on the right path, and the force hurts. Better a short pain now than a long, uncontrollable pain later.

2. Young people groping each other. When a stupid boy gropes an air-headed girl in public, he disrespects her. She doesn’t say no because she doesn’t want to hurt his immature feelings. He teaches his friends that she likes open physical attention, making her vulnerable to their advances. If he loves her and protects her as a mature person, and cares to keep her, he will hold their relationship between the two of them and treat her like his queen.

3. People with no table manners, especially those who chew with their mouths open. Yucko nasty. This can be fixed by you, great parent, Number One.

I would like to know if you agree with me on these, or if I’m just being old-fashioned.