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Post by aln1982 on Jun 25, 2007 23:55:43 GMT -5
These two are such huge snobs that they are almost unbelievable but fun to read about. I think it's really funny how they think Stacey is nuts after the "taming of the snobs" thing. Am reading Poor Mal right now and it seems that this attempt did not really cure them, though, in Kristy and the Snobs. I think Karen and some of the other kids are more tolerant of Amanda and Max then I would be. Of course, if I wanted to swim in their pool, that might motivate me.... ;D
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Post by memory on Jun 26, 2007 8:46:21 GMT -5
did they quit stoneybrooke like right after poor mallory?
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Post by aln1982 on Jun 26, 2007 10:31:01 GMT -5
^ I don't remember when exactly they moved in the regular series but it was fairly early in the LS books, in Karen's Goodbye. I actually didn't mind Amanda that much in that one. In Poor Mal, I almost couldn't blame the other kids for using them and never ended up feeling that sorry for them. I know that they just didn't know how to act, though. I knew kids like that and I guess I actually feel bad for them because of that.
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Post by secondhandshoes on Jun 26, 2007 15:19:53 GMT -5
I really like Amanda and Max, but then again, I tend to feel bad for the snobbish kids in the series. I think they're all just a little misunderstood, and find it unfair that their supposed mature babysitters tend to roll their eyes at the thought of them. It seems a bit unprofessional, no?
I think that Amanda and Max were just children who had unfortunately never been taught manners or anything of the sort. It's not their fault that they were rich, and it most certainly wasn't their fault that they didn't know anything outside of that. Amanda's first question to Mal was "What does your father do?", and she even asked Stacey that later on in "Poor Mallory". She seemed to have been taught that what the father does is an important aspect of a person. That's not something she could have just picked up.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jun 26, 2007 17:11:12 GMT -5
Agreed about the no manners.
"Kristy, get me a coke." "Okay, but what do you say?" "I say...get me a coke."
Hahaha....
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Post by sotypical42483 on Jun 27, 2007 17:08:29 GMT -5
I feel bad for them. They aren't mean-spirited in my opinion, they just don't know any better. Kids don't come out of the womb being BAD, they are taught how to act and unfortunately, their parents taught them to be spoiled brats.
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Post by aln1982 on Jun 27, 2007 17:20:50 GMT -5
^ Agreed. It isn't that Amanda and Max are brats because they are rich, I don't think. There are kids who are rich that don't act like this at all. They just don't know how to act but their mom seems the same way. Agree that they aren't mean spirited and I do almost feel bad for them, Amanda especially, at many times. I don't care for Max but no less than I like David-Michael and Andrew (not sure why even - they just bug me). The bragging is what bothers me about Amanda and Max. Probably because it reminds me of my little cousin who is a HUGE bragger (though she is not rich in the least) about everything. It gets really intolerable after a while, so I think I'm sensative to it. The Delaneys are fun to read about, though, and I love how they think Stacey is nuts ;D
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Post by memory on Jun 28, 2007 10:13:37 GMT -5
i think then they have lack of i don't know parents love? or not engouh rules!
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Post by mckay on Jul 3, 2007 16:59:38 GMT -5
The Delaneys seemed to have rules about superficial things like "no sitting in Daddy's chair," but nothing about being well-mannered or respectful of others. No wonder Amanda and Max were "rich brats," their parents clearly were as well! Did we ever really see the Delaneys interact with their kids, or really anyone, in either series? I know Mr. Delaney worked (I assume he was a lawyer ) but I was under the impression that Mrs. Delaney didn't.
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Post by msstock87 on Jul 3, 2007 17:18:34 GMT -5
Now that I am older and actually understand kids and people more I feel bad for Max and Amanda. I honestly don't think their parents taught them proper manners, so how were they supposed to know how to behave?
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Post by aln1982 on Jul 3, 2007 19:16:04 GMT -5
^ Agree. Their mom seemed to set a bad example and the description of the house kind of gives me an idea of what the parents' valued and how they were. Another point on the Delaneys...I was glad to see the comparison between them and the Lowells in Keep Out Claudia. While they are very different, they do share the same characteristic of being kids who could be good if their parents had taught them how to act instead of setting such a bad example. Was glad to see the BSC recognize that.
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Post by sotypical42483 on Jul 3, 2007 23:31:03 GMT -5
I agree with aln and msstock and actually I'm just responding cause it appears that we are all online at the same time and I keep replying after both of you, lol, so I wanted to keep the trend going
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Post by fluffycakes on Jul 5, 2007 10:39:53 GMT -5
Speaking of trends...(I'm way too proud of myself for making that segue), I've noticed that the BSC really, really hate spoiled children. Like, crazy hate. Okay, no one likes being around bratty kids. I understand that. But like someone else mentioned, the Delaneys and Jenny Prezzioso aren't bad kids - just overly indulged by their parents and lacking in manners. I don't really get why the girls would shriek "Ew! EW!!!" every time Mrs. P phoned for a sitter. (Did they do that with the Delaneys?) Sure, bratty kids are a pain, but I'd rather sit for Amanada and Max or Jenny than an actual bad kid, like Sean Addison.
As for Amanda and Max, I don't really care one way or another for them. I've only read about them in, like, two books, so I don't really have any strong feelings one way or another towards them. I loved it when Stace pulled the old reverse psychology trick on them, and they thought she was totally nutty. It was fun to see her get totally out of character like that and actually let people think badly of her.
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Post by aln1982 on Jul 6, 2007 9:51:32 GMT -5
^ Never thought about the BSC hating the supposedly spoiled kids but you're right, fluffycakes. (This is coming from someone who was accused of being "spoiled" as a kid just because her parents bought her things and gave everything they had to her to try to give her the best so I might be a bit bitter) It seems almost like AMM has some type of issue with parents buying stuff for their kids with this trend and with how it always seems (to me, at least) like the kids in the books pay for way more than is actually realistic. This is especially true in the LS books where the poor little 7 year olds are trying to earn money for practically everything. Or maybe AMM is trying to present some type of message to encourage kids not to ask their parents for stuff.
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Post by booboobrewer on Jul 6, 2007 11:48:05 GMT -5
^I think in some cases the kids really didn't mind working to earn their own money, as it made them feel more "grown-up," and I think that also might have been something AMM wanted to get across (since judging by her notes in the backs of books, she did stuff like that all the time as a kid). I remember some instances in LS where Karen and her friends had no problem with that (becoming cat sitters, working odd jobs, holding carnivals, etc.)
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