Passing the Buck

Many of my posts will be directly related to parenting, I am very passionate about parents actually acting like parents. In an attempt to be as minimally offensive as possible I will add a disclaimer that this is NOT directed at anyone in particular and is just my ramblings. 
I most certainly advocate for directing and teaching your children to be contributing members of society. You cannot blame your child for their lack of behavior, or for not listening. That falls solely on the parents (or grandparents). 
I once went to a pre-school function and one parent (if she can actually be called that) whined to the teacher "T's not listening" UMM Excuse me woman, he is YOUR son....Step up and act like it. Same mother on yet another occasion said "T needs a drink can you get him one!" yes the exclamation was correct there, it was not a question it was an annoyed statement as she sat on her butt and acted annoyed that the world was not catering to her.
In Goodwill, a 3 yr old and her mom are shopping, mom takes a phone call from dad and says "YOUR daughter isn't listening and won't leave the store" soon as the call is over she offers the child who is whining and crying and begging for a toy "I'll buy it if we leave now we are already late can we please go" this was NOT enough for this child....who insisted on yet another treat before she would head to the front of the store. In the end the child got 2 new toys AND still had to be dragged to the front of the store.
Yet another time more recently I was at the library and a mother with her child on a leash (keeping your child safe is one thing, but when they crawl on the floor like a puppy,you are yanking them back  and they happen to be wearing  wearing a toddler leash I will not refer to those in a polite manner) these are MUCH more civil they are just to save moms back from bending and are essentially like holding hands. Back to the point though, this leashed child was pulling at his harness and crying out as the mom pulled(well more yanked) him back and pleaded with him to stop. Perhaps if she had offered him a bone and barked "heel" at him she would have gotten a better response?? (ok that last part was a joke, but so was her "parenting" technique.)
And one last instance again the setting is the library, Grandma says "If you don't come on now we wont be able to come to the library again, we are leaving" GUESS WHAT the next friday they were there again.....SAME grandma says "I'm not going to chase you" as she chases her grandson through the library. 
In the weeks to come I will be surveying school principals because someone brought to my attention that  not parenting is not becoming more common, and I beg to differ. What would I know?!? I am only a mother and I only live in ONE area.....My goal is at least one principal in every state, If you have a particular school you would like me to call, name it in the comment section and I will research the number and call them.