Spoiled Mouthy Kids

Teddy Riley scrapped with his daughters the other night, hurt some feelings, kick folks out, left some bruises. Sounded like the police needed to stand by while someone got their shit and kick rocks. Unfolds that The daughter, Taja Rile - age 18, claims that Teddy Riley is hooked up with a gold digger, that he doesn't have many fans, that he takes pills to survive, and ultimately that God would get him back from handing her an ol' fashioned ass whooping.

This isn't a sensitive topic for me. Kids, no matter the age, have to be respectful to their parents. Some parents feel that rule gives them room to test boundaries and be abusive, neglectful, and disrespectful while still benefiting from your child's respect. In most cases where disrespect is present - everyone is disrespecting everyone.

The root for me is the separation from young life. You can be a vivacious adult, enjoying, traveling, experiencing, whatev - all while being a parent that you child can view as a good role model. If you do drugs - expect your child to have a similar standard. Children are great observers - they see and understand everything. When they interpret something the parent has don as wrong - eventually the parent will hear about it. So Teddy had it coming. His daughters got a beat down and walking papers for speaking what they had seen: Tricking money on women, drugs, abuse, acting stupid.

But what a nasty platform for airing folks out nowadays. Facebook, Twitter, blogs, texts.

While I'm down for disciplining a child - grown folks need to support themselves - and these were not kids. The younger daughter is speaking out, but what is the older daughter saying? That's the story.

Hopefully this can be fixed with a little prayer, some counseling, perhaps a tad of anger management.