nowadays, parents are becoming more irritable
they treat their kids like princes and princesses
spoiling their kids to the limit
working at my drama school,
i encounter many situations that make my blood boil and froth
allow me to explain and get it all out
[not in chronological order]
encounter 1:
we need the performers to get tops that a apple green/light green
and i rejected y's tops twice because they were obviously too dark to be apple/light green
and the second one she bought was even darker
whereas we've shown them what exactly we want
after the second rejection,
her mother called in to shout and bitch about how she spent 50 over dollars on the two tops
and still i rejected them
insisting that it was our fault since we didn't provide them with a sample or colour swab
complaining that we should reimburse them
telling her that she should bring her daughter along to buy since she knows
the mother tells me that she did indeed bring her daughter
but the daughter tells the mother that she didn't know
is it my problem your daughter chooses the easy way out by saying idk?
who asked you to buy such an expensive top?
colour swabs and samples, who do you think we are?
interior designers?!
encounter 2:
same mother same daughter
called in a few days ago,
telling me her daughter cannot attend the performance on the first night
due to school activities
and if the daughter will still resume her role on the second night
WHAT?! irresponsible and totally unbelievable
horrible parenting skills
encounter 3:
expecting me to schedule rehearsals around not the kid's timings
but the parents' timing
so who is perfoming? you or your kid?
they are already old enough to travel on their own
teach them independence not chauffeur them to and fro
encounter 4:
so they are 10 - 11 year olds
so when we set their schedule, we have to yet again call and inform their parents
should not it be THEIR responsibility to inform their parents?
reminder-calls are not to be taken for granted because they should not even be there
as a performer, isn't it your responsibility to be aware of your rehearsal times
and not the office worker?!
encounter 5:
if you keep bombarding your child with tuitions and extra lessons
don't blame us if she goes home crying she can't finish her work
when you enroll your child into an activity, it is not a touch-and-go process
it is a commitment
you should be well prepared to commit time and effort
should not it be a full-on mastered skill as compared to a variant of knowledge but no skill?
all in all, the generation has morphed into a whole new dimension
and with it, more pros and cons
parents should rethink on their parenting methods
and kids should rethink how they should live life and behave