- Green hair? Sure! Dye it! It will grow out!
- Wear plaid with polka dots? Go for it!
- Put your shoes on the wrong feet? I'll probably point out your error, but that is all you, kiddo.
- Chew on your shirtsleeve until it's wet up to the armpit? Whatever, just not on picture day!
- Pick your nose? That's gross, use a tissue! And don't you dare eat it!
- Wear a banana sticker on your forehead? Awesome! I like it!
Sticker up the inside window of my $40,000 car? Just imagining it, I have to count to 10 and breathe carefully just to keep from screaming.
I think it's yet another over-indulgence that some parents go too far with these days. How can you teach your child to respect other people's property, if they can't respect yours? A car of all things? And don't cry to me about "fostering your child's creativity", and "not wanting to stifle" them by saying "no" too often. THIS is not at all about that - but that line is SO blurred these days...
Yeah, yeah... I know. A razor blade will take them right off but the principal of it is still so wrong!
I would have lost an arm (or at least a finger) AND I would have lost the privilege of ever even looking at another sticker until I was of legal voting age. I'm sure there would have been a healthy dose of "What are you? An idiot?" shame thrown in there too!
Get a grip!
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