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"Life Coaches" WTF?!!
By Efamilia
I wonder whatever happened to kids just being kids?
Life Coaches
I read an article recently about parents spending thousands of dollars
to provide their kids with “life coachesâ€. Now, I can understand
if
these
kids are 12 or 13 and getting ready for highschool, because at that age
everyone needs a little help figuring out how to get to where they want
to be in life. So it’s probably a good thing. However, the kids
the article
was talking about were only 5 and 6 and just getting ready for primary
school! This got me to thinking – what on Earth could a 5 or 6 year
old
need a life coach for?!?! Then I remembered another thing I read about
pre-school kids getting scholarships into so-called “prestigeâ€
primary
schools and it all started to make sense, well not really. But I guess,
what can you expect from 21st century society?!!
It just makes me wonder what good (or harm) will eventually come from this
“pro-success†brand of thinking. Where will it all end?
Honestly, when you think about it, it all begins to sound more and more
like a script for a South Park episode! Hey, maybe I’m onto something
here!
Why stop at just a life coach? Let’s have a whole “Personal
Support
Teamâ€
– including life coach, personal assistant, personal trainer, financial
adviser, lawyer and let’s not forget the most important
Security Adviser!
...Who is always on hand to remind little Johnny to check the perimeter
of his pants, so he doesn’t get dakked in front of the new girl
(that
he
really, really likes!)
And speaking of kids with crushes, why not include a “relationships
expertâ€
as well?!! I mean, I bet we all could of done with one of them when we
went to school!
And if it all does go horribly pair-shaped, at least we have that lawyer
– to divide up the bag of lollies they bought from the tuckshop
during
lunchtime
When they were still a “coupleâ€.
Oh well, I guess that’s about enough crabapple outta me for one
night.
Until next time, take care everyone and remember
“Life wasn’t meant to be taken seriousâ€!!!
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© 2008 Efamilia
Published on Friday, September 19, 2008.
Filed under:
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Comments on ""Life Coaches" WTF?!!"
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On Friday, September 19, 2008, Lylani
(112)
wrote:
What happened to learning from your own mistakes? That's just crazy, how are kids gonna learn any type of respect if all their parents do is through money at them and if that doesn't work pay money for someone else to sort it out. Besides how many kids actually listen to advise from anyone but their peers? Life should be learnt through experiences good and bad, not from other peoples opinions and psychobable
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On Friday, September 19, 2008, carlosjackal
(2786) wrote:
=) Spot on. -Carl
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On Friday, September 19, 2008, sixsixnine
(476) wrote:
this was hillarious! one thinfg is for sure and you said it, "life is not supposed to be so damn serious". I know that parents these days however well-meaning they may be, our parents project themselves onto us. They idealize us, out of desire to `manufacture' a little carbon copywho will give back a pleasing and satisfying image of themselves. You are talking about something important. hopefully people will realize that these life coaches need a life coach of their own. so why are they coaching your children?
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A former member wrote:
holy crap, thats just too much...I mean seriously, I was raised like this..." You do your homework, you keep your nose clean, you get a job, you pay for your own car, you pay for your own college...If you messed up you got thrown around a little bit." Parents are brought too much into this pycho bable bullshit about what oprah or dr phil says. I know two kids whos paretents teach them the dr phil way of life...they and thier children are both fucking idiots. Oh by the by lifecoach..wow...just wow.
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A former member wrote:
oh wowsers, what kind of parent does that? lol, hey those are my lollys! see this is why im glad my parents were raised with the 'hard work, determination, you fuck up you get fucked up, disapline your kids, don't walk into mymhouse pregnant, go read something you little scamp, hey lets go to the bookstore!, be fair to evryone based on nothing you can see from first glance' type of thinking. not one of those soft 'we dont disapline our kids because they wouldnt love us, lets buy him this because it does more and we wouldnt have to spend time with em, its quiet time go read war and peace' types of parents. ugh the next generation scares me. le yipe!
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