Ugh - this is a pet peeve of mine. Parents who aren't willing to parent. As much as I can feel smug in knowing what their future holds when their 6 foot tall teenage son has a tantrum in the Sports Store for the $400 pair of sneakers, it's pretty annoying that the rest of the World will be left to deal with his elevated sense of self-importance as an adult.

Why do parents do this? Why can't they grasp that if they aren't able to say no to a toddler and enforce their decision, they've got no chance with a youth who they have developed and confirmed that manipulation is successful to, for years.

Why is it so hard for them to understand that a child, who is never told no, expects everything to always to how they want it to, and doesn't have the skill set to deal with disappointment and rejection and move on?

What do they think will happen when their kid doesn't get picked for the sports team? Oh yeah, that's right, they'll go storming to the school and demand that Johnny isn't victimised and is given a place.

What do they think will happen when their kids gets turned down by that girl they want to take to the dance? Oh yeah, that's right, he'll smear her on-line and begin a hate campaign and his parents will encourage him believe that she's a stuck up little madam.

What do they think will happen when this kid goes to work and is told that he can't book off a day he wanted? Or didn't get the promotion he applied for?

Ugh - sorry about the rant ladies but lazy parents are idiots. We submit people who want to adopt a dog from the pound to more checks than we do parents.