Train Your Children

This is for all parents, not just the mothers, who receive far too much of the blame for everything their children do. You hear it all the time, "children are like little sponges, they absorb everything you say and do." How about "the fruit don't fall too far from the tree?"
These are all true. Most times children are a reflection of their parents. The "rotten little no good satanic spawns from hell" with the sweetest parents are the exception, not the rule. Sometimes, no matter how much parents try, they end up with a 'bad egg.'
I'm stepping into a very sensitive, very personal area right now.
My sister has the baddest F%$@*&$ kids in this world and other known universes!
This is no surprise to me. Growing up, my sister had a mouth on her, saying everything that came to mind. She has no filter. That mouth grew exponentially worse as we grew up, arguing and cranking the neck at the drop of a dime over small things. We couldn't even go through a Micky-D's drive thru without her copping an attitude when we're asked if want fries or an apple pie (it's their job to ask).
Why she has such a horrible mouth and horrible attitude can be searched back to my mom. My sister is the youngest and although mother spoiled us all, my sister was the rotten one. Mother never popped those lips when she got out of line, I mean sometimes if you caught mother on the wrong day, you got a good tongue-lashing. That rarely happened.
Now, my sister's kids are worse than she ever was. Talking back, popping off, getting all up in 'grown folks conversation,' fighting in church, twice, (you heard me they FIGHT IN CHURCH!).
They are the most disrespectful kids I've ever seen and I'm so glad I live on this side of the country away from that mischegas.
They have "problems" at every school they've ever attended, but my sister refuses to see that her little 'angels' are the real problem. My sister doesn't like to follow rules, therefore, her kids don't follow rules either.
Her oldest, my niece, is a teen pregnancy waiting to happen. At only 12yrs., she craves attention, even if it's negative attention. Her mouth is capable of starting a war and she is the actual boss of the house.
My 11 yr. old nephew? Mommas boy. He cries, she comes-a-running, he whines, she comes-a-running. I mean come on. He's a boy. Let him experience boy things so he can be a man some day. My sister STILL bathes and brushes his teeth! YOU HEARD ME! If she is trying to ensure he never has a decent relationship with any woman, mission accomplished. His mouth is in need of a couple of fat lips as well. When my niece flaps her gums, my sister gets butt-hurt, but when her little boy flaps his gums, she thinks it's cute. See the problem?
Our average phone conversation goes something like this:

"Hello?"
"Hold on, Sasha! I'm gonna break your mutha&$%#*# neck!"
"I was just calling to find out,"
"Hold on again, Markie! Stop that whining, Sasha! Leave him alone!"
"Yes, I wanted to know if "
"Sasha! What the f$#* did I tell you?! Don't make me get up!"

It gets worse, but you get the picture, right?
They (her & her husband), never trained those kids. Never taught them about manners, respect, self-respect or anything else they'll need to contribute to society as productive adults.
I mean really, you see my sister and her kids coming and you get an instant attitude/headache and you find yourself searching for the bottle of Chardonnay you swore you'd keep for a special occasion.
Of course, people with bad kids have excuses. "All kids are bad." She says that a lot. "I think not," is what I tell her. She cannot see that her kids are a reflection of her and her husband.
Why am I writing this? She wants to move to Arizona! With those kids!
This cannot happen. I have a quiet home. I forget that my own daughter is her room sometimes. That's how quiet we are. At my house, there's no crying, whining, arguing, fighting, meddling, breaking things, stealing things or eating constantly morning, noon and night.
I think I'd actually murder all of them if I had to be in a house with them. Really.
I cannot for the life of me understand why parents would not arm their children with tools for life? How well do you think these kids will do with what they haven't been taught?
I'd hate to see my niece and nephew turn into a statistic, but that is where they are headed and all the parents had to do was knock some heads when required, pop the lips when needed, correct the bad behavior and follow through when they have been warned. This isn't something all parents have to do with their kids, but you can recognize early on when you have "problem children" and you can nip that shit in the bud. To my little sister; Arizona isn't big enough and another thing; Train your kids so I wont have to dispose of three bodies later. I'm out.