I don't seem to like little kids at all because they make so much noise at the library and they always run around like they haven't grown up. By george, they haven't. Can't you be a little mature? Oh no wait, you're only five or six. Sorry.
This reminds me of when my jerk of a teacher, fifth grade teacher, had decided to tell us a story about how he had taught kindergarteners and whenever they misbehaved, he would tell him to stop acting like five-year-olds and then we would crack up at the irony he uses. Omigosh, I sure hate to be like him. I wish I can stand kids and let them be who they are. Nevertheless, I suppose it's because when I was a kid, I didn't show any of these signs. I was always retiring and shy. Oh, there's another kid who annoys me. He was standing behind me and when I looked behind him he was still there. I wanted to say,Dude, just scram.

Maybe the reason why I don't like it is because when i was young, if i ever behaved that way, i was told by preschool teachers to behave and that no matter how much others misbehaved, they always incurred a more lenient punishment. I felt different. I was treated different. I hated being the odd man out, the black sheep. A bunch of jerks those teachers were. I wish I could report them at the time because they intimidated me so much and they always complained about how I was behaving. Jerks.

I can't stand them because I wish when I was kid, people didn't tell me to act more mature than I should. If I cried, nobody came for me. Others always seem to have someone. It was as though they had a better life than I did. I will not accept what fate has for me. I will not tell myself that I am inferior, less worthy. I am worthy and I will not let anyone tear me down. Even if I boast, I am still a human being.

Fellow students will hush me up when I laughed out loud in class. One went so far as to call me mentally ill. Jerk.

[uncreativeartist]

Oh I hate kids, it's not totally the kids fault. I blame the parents more. Not teaching the kids manners or how to respect others. It's one thing for kids to be kids it's totally another when they are running around and yelling.

Originally Posted by uncreativeartist

Oh I hate kids, it's not totally the kids fault. I blame the parents more. Not teaching the kids manners or how to respect others. It's one thing for kids to be kids it's totally another when they are running around and yelling.

Oh no, it's nothing of the kind. It's just that when you're at school you act childish and when you're at the library you see six year olds running around and they're able to run around free. At school and at the library, kids are admonished not to run but they're told to do so by an authoritative figure in a more respectable volume. If I were a child scampering around like that, they would have freaked out and lowered the boom on me. I hated the fact that when I was a child I was the black sheep. People always singled me out. Guys did it too. I thought that because I was not athletic, it made me feel like I was just different. I don't like that.

[Poppy Princess]

I love certain children.

I understand

my sister has a kid that's loud, makes a mess, thinks its funny, and is a terrible listener

then she got mad at me when I called the kid an a-ss.hole

he likes to beat up his little brother , kids going to grow up to be a sadist or a murderer

[Poppy Princess]

>Calling a kid an a-hole

How's the first grade?

the kid is an a-ss.hole

ill tell the whole world

dude hes going to grow up to probably spend most his life in prison

hes terrible

[healingme4me]

It's also up to the Librarian, too. Doesn't your library have a separate kids room, area?

Originally Posted by heyitsme7

Oh no, it's nothing of the kind. It's just that when you're at school you act childish and when you're at the library you see six year olds running around and they're able to run around free. At school and at the library, kids are admonished not to run but they're told to do so by an authoritative figure in a more respectable volume. If I were a child scampering around like that, they would have freaked out and lowered the boom on me. I hated the fact that when I was a child I was the black sheep. People always singled me out. Guys did it too. I thought that because I was not athletic, it made me feel like I was just different. I don't like that.

[healingme4me]

Originally Posted by Poppy Princess

How's the first grade?

As a mom, I've got one last year of watching a child grow in this grade, as an employee...wow, they are the loudest out of the whole bunch!!
{just have to go here--can't resist, mood lightener}

[healingme4me]

Speaking of such topics bring back the past to light, I remember, being about 11-12 years old, and went out to eat somewhere with my dad. I actually said this, then.

He looked at me, and said, 'Wow, that's exactly what your mom used to say!'

On another note: there are times, that I think, wow, glad I didn't bring mine! And there are times, that I just feel bad for the parents. As cliché, as it is, and as much discipline, child rearing one may try...some days, just are better or worse than others.

Have heart! But I get this thread. A library, with a librarian without authority over her library...scampering children, in an adult section of a library. Time to check out and go home...

[unaluna]

Yeah I think if our parents didnt have patience with us when we were kids, we dont have it for other kids (sometimes including our own) unless we really work at it. I hear kids screaming at the pool and think, I never screamed that much my entire life - my mother nipped it in the bud!

[LiteraryLark]

I didn't think I could love kids (in fact, I really didn't like kids at all) until I started working with kids. I spent a year working with the same kids and it's so amazing how bright these academically struggling kids are and how much they grew up, especially the Kinders height-wise. At the beginning of the year, they could barely reach up to grab the snacks on the counter, then they all shot up. And I loved getting to know all of their personalities. I miss my old job so much, I really had it good.

Originally Posted by healingme4me

It's also up to the Librarian, too. Doesn't your library have a separate kids room, area?

sure they do, but the thing is it's not closed. Sometimes they'll join their parents and then when they run off like htat, one of our librarians come over and just tell him to keep it down. I never did htat before when I was younger. Sometimes kids act pretty strange in public. When I was young, I was told by people like preschool teachers htat I was the worst out of all of them and everything. I remember how she told me that I didn't have socks on and stuff like that. I forgot that day and that woman made a fuss of it.

[LiteraryLark]

You can't hold on to things that happen to you at preschool level. It's not healthy to hold grudges for so long like that. Each generation is different because each generation is raised differently. The expectations of younger kids today are very different then back then.

[LiteraryLark]

Originally Posted by DrSkipper

You can't hold on to things that happen to you at preschool level. It's not healthy to hold grudges for so long like that. Each generation is different because each generation is raised differently. The expectations of younger kids today are very different then back then.

the problem with me is that at times when I'm at a certain location and a certain event is taking place, i flash back to those moments when I feel like something different could have happened. It's just the memory that hasn't been done away yet.

[LiteraryLark]

Everybody does that but you have to move on. There are things I think about from what I said or did when I was little and thinking how I should have done things differently, but now that I am older and looking back, there were perfectly good reasons why things happened that way. Hakuna Matata

Originally Posted by DrSkipper

I didn't think I could love kids (in fact, I really didn't like kids at all) until I started working with kids. I spent a year working with the same kids and it's so amazing how bright these academically struggling kids are and how much they grew up, especially the Kinders height-wise. At the beginning of the year, they could barely reach up to grab the snacks on the counter, then they all shot up. And I loved getting to know all of their personalities. I miss my old job so much, I really had it good.

by the way what was your old job?

[tokiwartooth]

Kids are not my favorite either. I really don't enjoy being around them at all. I love my niece, she's 6, but even she gets on my nerves. The smaller the kid, the more annoying they are to me. I refuse to babysit for anyone. I tried it a couple of times, some when I was in high school and some in college, and I hated it every time. I don't know how to identify with kids now that I'm older. I don't think I'd make a good mom.

[LiteraryLark]

Originally Posted by heyitsme7

by the way what was your old job?

I worked at an after school academic program for kids who are struggling academically in English, math and science, and health and nutrition. It's a wonderful program and I really miss it.

I just submitted an application to work as a substitute there and I hope I get it.

[Poppy Princess]

I actually identify with kids more than with adults or teenagers. Maybe that's bad lol

[LiteraryLark]

Originally Posted by Poppy Princess

I actually identify with kids more than with adults or teenagers. Maybe that's bad lol

I agree! That's why I quit my job. They wouldn't let me be a kid with the kids.

Originally Posted by Poppy Princess

I actually identify with kids more than with adults or teenagers. Maybe that's bad lol

I think that kids should be kids when they're young, like messing around and doing everything silly imaginable. the thing with me is that I've never gotten to experience that, and whenever I did that, my teachers would get mad at me and I would get myself in trouble.
I saw how others were doing the same but did not get in trouble. I was upset with myself, like who am i? why am I being treated like someone who should be acting much older than i am? Am I not entitled to a little bit of crazy fun?
I still kind of regret that because I now miss being a child and I just wish that I had more fun when I was younger. Of course, I can't change that, but in the future, if i were to have a relationship and if i wanted to be goofy, I just hope i'm able to do that without having to get scolded for it.
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