The speaker shares their negative experiences with children, particularly those of relatives and family friends, who would visit their home and cause chaos. The children would often touch and break the speaker's belongings, and their parents would not discipline them or apologize for their behavior. The speaker recounts several incidents, including a 7-year-old who downloaded a virus on their computer and another child who deleted their saved game data. The speaker expresses frustration and annoyance at the lack of responsibility and accountability from the parents, who would often dismiss their child's misbehavior as harmless. The speaker concludes that children can be a source of happiness for their parents, but their behavior should not be imposed on others, and that parents should teach their children to respect others' property and boundaries.
Here are the extracted facts:
1. The narrator had a relative with a child visit their home multiple times.
2. The narrator was tasked with entertaining the child, who was around 7 years old.
3. The child managed to download a virus onto the narrator's computer while playing a game.
4. The narrator had to spend a week downloading free antiviruses to clean out the virus.
5. The child deleted all the saved data from the narrator's games on their PlayStation 3.
6. The narrator had completed a game on a high level of difficulty and was close to finishing another game, but the data was erased.
7. The narrator's mother told them to be patient with the child and that it's normal for children to be curious.
8. The narrator's neighbor brought her grandchildren to a birthday celebration, causing a disturbance.
9. The narrator's mother did not intervene when the neighbor's grandchildren were misbehaving.
10. The narrator believes that parents should teach their children not to disturb others and to respect other people's property.
11. The narrator thinks it's bad form for parents to expect others to be tolerant of their children's misbehavior.
12. The narrator's parents taught them to respect others and not to be capricious or indecent.