Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

yea that won't run in my house #genx #ungrateful #tantrum #parentingreality

30 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker attributes a child's destructive tantrum—specifically, throwing and stomping on a Christmas electronic gift—to parental influence. The speaker argues that permissive parenting teaches children that such behavior is acceptable. By contrast, the speaker, identifying as a Generation X parent, claims that their upbringing emphasized clear rules and survival-oriented responsibilities (eating, sleeping, safety), which would prevent such outbursts. The overall message is a critique of modern, lenient parenting and a defense of stricter, rule‑based discipline typical of Generation X.

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I blame the parents on this one because anytime a child will throw down his Christmas gift, especially an electronic one, and stomp on it and then say some words after that to the parent, I blame the parent because somewhere you've taught him by previous experiences that that's okay to do. In my house As a Generation X parent, that wouldn't happen because my children had learned that there are certain things they have to do to stay alive and to be able to live in a house, to be able to eat, sleep, breathe, not be injured, those type of things, because