IS BULLYING THE NEW BLACK?

W e are on the Wairarapa Train and a chubbyish young fellow and his sister are talking quite loudly  and he is bragging about being bullied by some seniors at his school. Taking great pride in announcing how he has been singled out.

Its a Charles Chauvel moment ..  loud indulged kids with their mother..  but frankly  - what sort of parent would lead a kid to be proud about being bullied?

STFU - NOISY KIDS ARE NOT OK

We risk being banned forever from the VRWC for this post but someone has to say it.

Boomtown - you might think that your kids are cute when they are a bit " noisy " but us fellow travellers dont.

Charles Chauvel is not our favourite MP ( his partners a good dude though) but we are right behind him.

We just got a call from one of our very right wing mates who questioned if the father of the noisy kids was in fact really a right winger. He is incensed that any decent parent would think that its okay for his spawn to annoy other people and get away with it. We agree.

So often parents of today seem to think that their children are mini - me adults. They aren't - they are kids, - they need boundaries and they guidance. They do not need to be given parental assurances that lead them to think they are superior.

So sorry Boomtown - your kids need some finger wagging and you need to understand that it is not okay for children to think that they are more important than adults. They aren't.

So Charles might have been a bit queenie in showing his displeasure but after many a hard day on a flying bus we know the last thing you need to hear are the mutterings and posturings of some arrogant loud little over indulged know - all.

We suggest a few parenting lessons from Nigel Latta could be called for.