It has been a little while since my last post but I offer no apologies; in fact, I literally had nothing to write about for the last month. Some might call this a writer's block but I'm hardly a writer, so I like to call it a sabbatical. Take it or leave it, I do what I want, write when I want, about whatever I want.
An idiot at a recent campus mandated seminar sparked my writing juices yesterday. While listening to the Alpha Chi Rho member make a presentation on professionalism in the Greek Community, a member of another organization decided it would be professional to bring along her 2 year old child. I'll add that it WAS 9:30pm, prime time for someone to be able to baby sit a kid for an hour and a half.
What irritated me most wasn't the fact that she brought the kid to the seminar (because I LOVE kids and I usually would never rant about them), it was the fact that half way through, she lets the tot walk around the room, creating a distraction and taking attention away from the presenter.
Being the guy who always finds the need to see the humor in things, I must add that the only thing that made up for the wandering of the child was when he walked up to one of my brothers, Eric Streebel, and stood in front of him staring, as if he was in awe of what was in front of him. Below is a dramatic recreation of what transpired:
As humorous as this is, let's get to my point: It is assumed once you get out of High School and make the decision to enter higher education that you have a certain amount of common sense. With that being said, I firmly believe that my 15 year old cousin would know not to bring a child into a professional environment. I might be a little harsh on my criticism because I'm not aware of the circumstances behind it, but the fact that she let the little guy walk around by himself during the lecture shown her immaturity as a parent and her lack of discipline in a professional environment.
I'll close with a few No-No's that come with parenting, that I have found through my years of watching parents:
1) Don't put your kid on a leash: Are you kidding me, America? hold your child's hand when you're walking around the mall. He's not an animal.
2) When your kid cries, don't yell: Nothing pissed me off more than last week when I saw a child fall on the ground and start crying, only to have his mom say, "Shut up, you're fine."
3) Movie theater's aren't for kids: The only time it is OK is when it's a movie made for kid's. They aren't going to have a good time watching The Hangover: 2, and we will all hear about it.
4) If they mess up, hold them accountable: This is more for the school aged kids. If your child punches out another kid, don't go to the school administration and tell them how to do their job; if they do something wrong, punish them.
5) Don't bring them to a professional environment. Period.
I'm not a parent, so these are only observations of mine throughout my wise years wandering Earth. The list is only five deep so you can see I'm not ready to be a parent but at least when I do, I'll use common sense to raise the little baby PiKapp.
That's it. Not the best Blog, but I'm back and get ready for some good ones.
Good night, Readers
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