Personally, I think they probably are, but in a very unconventional way. Jack and Kelly, by modern American standards, seem to have very bad attitudes and even fouler mouths. However, they also don’t talk back to their parents much. It’s obvious Sharon wears the pants, and they never give her any lip, even if they’re screaming curses at each other.
Thoughts?
Kelly gives her mom an awful lot of lip, at least from what I’ve seen. I woudln’t neccesarily say they’re bad parents…unusual, yes. Ozzy just seems to not know what’s going on with his kids. He actually just seems to not know what’s going on with anything. Just MHO, though…
Yeah, I guess. It’s just lucky that daddy has money and mommy has connections to maybe build them a career.
Neither of the children are or will be high school graduates, which is a pretty irresponsible way to begin adulthood.
To each family their own routine, lifestyle, and way of going about things. Though I’m not particularly a big fan of the show, what Ozzy and Sharon have displayed (from what I’ve seen) are fairly normal parenting skills. Sure, they swear like sailors, I’ve seen Sharon swab her lower regions and chase after Kelly, and Ozzy is drunk some of the times, but why should that make them inferior parents?
I recall a moment in one episode in which a joint or roach or something of that nature was found in Jack’s bedroom. Ozzy proceeded to sit down the entire family and discuss this matter using his past experiences as prime examples why not to get into those sort of substances. When my father found a bong under my bed he simply said to me “I hope you’re not too heavy into this stuff now”, funny thing is he was a high ranking Police Officer with many years spent in the Narcotics division.
Until I saw this show I never really considered Ozzy Osbourne as much of a family man, much less a good parent. But after viewing a few episodes I must say, I’m sold on the fact that both him and his wife Sharon are indeed good parents who are trying their best to raise well rounded kids in an environment most families don’t have to deal with.
I’d rather live with them than the Gores or Hatches or Bushes. Weird people, sure, but from the little I’ve seen of the show, they seem like decent parents.
Certainly, they give their children lots of love and support, and they’re good parents in that way.
But I worry at their inability to say ‘no’ to the kids. Kelly and Jack get drunk, bring sex partners to the house, use drugs, and their parents simply ask them not to. There don’t seem to be any real, enforced limits for the kids. I’m not sure that this is going to be doing a favor for Kelly and Jack, and even if they do make their careers in show business, they’re going to need discipline and dedication that I’m not sure they’ll find easily.
Their refusal (or inability) to set limits for their kids leads me to say that, though they mean well and love their children enormously, they’re not fantastic parents.
Considering Jack and Kelly are the offspring of two people involved in the music industry, they seem reasonably together…for now at least.
I get the impression that Ozzy is trying his best as a parent and he seems reasonable, but I think Sharon’s parenting skills are not the best. The kids both seem to have a bit of respect for their parents though which is something I guess.
I’m sorry, I just don’t agree that they are good parents. Obviously, they love their kids but, they’ve given them very little direction. They threaten them with punishments but don’t follow through. They whine and cry and bitch at Jack and Kelly about the things they are doing then lazily sit back and let it continue. Same thing with their pets - they complain about the dogs and the mess they make but let them continue to sh*it all over the house.
The Osbourne’s aren’t lousy parents but, I don’t see how anyone can call them GOOD parents.
Well, they aren’t that young now anyway, are they? Aren’t they both 18 now?
Kelly’s 18, but IIRC Jack is 16 right now … and in rehab.
That Jack got into all the clubs and drinking holes always amazed me. I thought L.A. bars were strict about enforcing under-21 laws? Surely Jack Osborne wasn’t a big enough name before the TV show to get into clubs on name alone?
But don’t you think it shows some leading in the right direction that Jack was smart enough to get into rehab?
AND, if you think about it, most kids who are around age 18 are drinking and having sex (maybe at the same time, maybe not). At least Kelly and Jack have a good enough relationship that they can talk about it with their parents.
And, perhaps the punishments are followed through on, it’s just that we don’t see the ENTIRE saga on TV.
I have to say, I think Ozzy and Sharon are good parents. I just love how honest they are with their kids. I do think they kids are a little bratty sometimes, but HELLO! I’d probably be a little bratty too, if my dad was a rich rock star.
Wow, I didn’t even think this question warranted discussion. I think they’re terrible parents.
It doesn’t. You are right.
Kind of a poser.
Given the “rock star” lifestyle context the kids live their lives within, their problems and attitudes are unsurprising, so I can’t really say that the parents are bad people, but I can think of significantly better environments for kids to grow up in than the highly indulgent, seemingly discipline free home life the show describes. It’s like watching big kids trying to raise smaller kids, and quite frankly I think an environment like this can be quite dangerous if a child has a proclivity towards substance abuse.
So I’d say they are well meaning and loving people, but good parents? Not really IMO, but they are as good as they can be within the limitations of the situation and their personalities, which is about all you can ask of anyone.
Wow.
Loving and caring? Yes. Bad? Not really. Good? Nope. They have absolutely no control over them. None. Those kids do whatever they want whenever they want. Since Mom and Dad have scads of money, they will probably never know the downside of their selfishness, self-centeredness and total lack of self-control.
Oz and Sharon would make a great aunt and uncle though.
I mean Jack and Kelly will probably never learn the downside of blah, blah, blah. . …
Too many pronouns.
Well even Sharon has said she was too leniant (sorry no cite-it was during season two sometime) with them and she regrets it. I think it’s sad that they weren’t pushed to finish school cause even with all that money that limits their futures.
These mega multi-millionaries allowed their spoiled 18 year old daughter and 17 year old son to drop out of high school? :dubious:
I had no idea. If that’s the case my opinion about their parenting skills and responsibilities would be a lot less ambivalent than I indicated my previous post.
I think they went to homeschooling and tutors instead of actually sending their kids to a school. They were getting teased a lot because their dad bit the head off a bat a million years ago.
So I don’t think they actually just “dropped out.”
I could be wrong, that’s just the impression I got from the show.