So we hear people always talking about kids these days, saying things like 'my kids would have never acted like that', or 'parents just don't know how to raise their kids anymore'. Well, I may have uncovered the reason for this...
You see, my generation was not given the proper diagnosis of ADHD nor any prescription drugs to help with it - we were only given whoopings. So now we have a bunch of 30-somethings running around with ADHD trying to raise kids. Not only do we have absolutely no attention spans, we have also been tasked with this atrocious experience of multi-tasking (truly the work of the devil).
This undiagnosed and untreated medical condition, topped with an enormous amount of responsibilities with family and work, has led to our generation having unruly children. And it's no wonder they act out. We send them to their rooms for misbehaving to wait for their spankings. Then the phone rings. We forget why we sent them down there and take them a cupcake.
To wrap it up, we can now legitimately blame our parents for our children's misbehavior.
P.S. Love ya Mama!
Saturday, July 31, 2010
If you give a woman a vacuum...
If you give a woman a vacuum...
If you give a woman a vacuum, she'll need to pick up toys.
When she starts to pick up toys, she'll remember all the toys in her car.
She will start cleaning out her car. She'll get all of the trash and old food out of her car.
She'll remember she's hungry.
She'll go to the kitchen to get something to eat. She'll realize she has no clean dishes to use.
She'll start to wash dishes. She'll spill water on the floor. Then she'll get a mop.
While scrubbing the floor, her husband will notice her. Pause...
15 minutes later, she'll realize her bedroom ceiling fan is dusty. She'll start cleaning the fan.
The dust will drop on her bed and she will need to wash her bedspread. She'll take the bedspread to the laundry room. There will be clothes in the washer and dryer. The clothes in the dryer are wrinkled. She'll turn on the dryer.
She'll notice the stack of clothes that need to be hung up. She'll start to hang them up. She'll realize there is no room in the closet. She'll go to the garage to get storage boxes for the old clothes.
In the garage, she'll trip over the toys pulled out from her car. She'll start putting up the toys. Then she'll remember she never vacuumed......
If you give a man a lawnmower...
If you give a man a lawnmower, he'll realize he has no gas. He'll do it tomorrow.
If you give a woman a vacuum, she'll need to pick up toys.
When she starts to pick up toys, she'll remember all the toys in her car.
She will start cleaning out her car. She'll get all of the trash and old food out of her car.
She'll remember she's hungry.
She'll go to the kitchen to get something to eat. She'll realize she has no clean dishes to use.
She'll start to wash dishes. She'll spill water on the floor. Then she'll get a mop.
While scrubbing the floor, her husband will notice her. Pause...
15 minutes later, she'll realize her bedroom ceiling fan is dusty. She'll start cleaning the fan.
The dust will drop on her bed and she will need to wash her bedspread. She'll take the bedspread to the laundry room. There will be clothes in the washer and dryer. The clothes in the dryer are wrinkled. She'll turn on the dryer.
She'll notice the stack of clothes that need to be hung up. She'll start to hang them up. She'll realize there is no room in the closet. She'll go to the garage to get storage boxes for the old clothes.
In the garage, she'll trip over the toys pulled out from her car. She'll start putting up the toys. Then she'll remember she never vacuumed......
If you give a man a lawnmower...
If you give a man a lawnmower, he'll realize he has no gas. He'll do it tomorrow.
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