I was eating at a Chinese restaurant during my lunch break one day, and there was an Asian family sitting in front of me. They had a boy and a girl who looked like they were both under five years old. I noticed that the young mom was pretty Americanized, as she was speaking fluent English. The kids were fighting over some food, and then the mom scolds the son, “Jason! Stop Bogarting all the dumplings!” What the fuck? Who tells that to their kid? Like, he would actually have to understand what that means, right? Then he must also probably use that phrase as well. Is this kid going around school using it? “Hey! Stop Bogarting all the goddamn crayons!” Who even says that anymore? She must be a complete douche bag to even use that word, let alone to her five year old son.
Another time at Blockbuster, I saw another young mom with her little child. He must have been like three or four. He kept asking all these questions about the different movies on the shelves. I guess the mom got a little irritated and couldn’t take it anymore, so she said, “HEY. Chill out.” Jesus, they talk to their kids like they’re their friends. What is wrong with these parents? Well, I don’t have kids, so I’m sure there’s a lot of stress involved in raising kids that I don’t even know about. Although, there was something funny that Louis C.K. said during one of his stand-ups supporting these reactions from these parents. “I have a daughter, and she’s a fucking asshole.”
