Darn parent!
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UWShorty85 said:
Easy to say until you experience parenting yourself. I find the best way to nip kid issues in the bud is to just leave the store as soon as the they start acting up. Really tough to do when you have a basket of groceries to pay for before you leave! But I try to time my trips to the store when I don't have all 3 kids with me, and also try not to go when they're over tired. Also getting them involved in shopping can help...amazing how well they can behave when they they're part of the action.
BTW, my kids are 7, 5 and 3. My 7 year old tends to act worse than the other two...he get so boooored with shopping.
blueiz25 said:
Does having been a step count?
No, I don't have kids of my own, but I've been a "step parent" to two of them. Those kids acted up like crazy with their dad's but always behaved for me. (I left their dad because he was an idiot.) When I was with these kids (yes, full-time - and believe me I was the parent in the house) one was 1 1/2 - age 7, the other was 7 though age 12.
I don't know if that counts or not. You guys can pick! :girl:
LOL...absolutely not!!!! I think we are all referring to YOUNG children. The only reason I wouldnt let my 11 year old boy (who is SO into the tanks...he will be getting his own 30 gallon from Santa for his roomtroy272 said:
) is that his 6 year old sister would be severly indignant that her brother gets to carry the bag and not her. I would trust my son with the fish over my husband....and my daughter with our birds over my son and my husband....go figure. If it has feathers...she adores it more than anything. I think you are more than qualified to "carry the bag"!!!!!!!I think when it comes to children -cruelty breeds cruelty...apathy breeds apathy..esp. when it comes to animals. My children have a healthy respect for animals...and they watch me care for our little farm with love, compassion, and respect for all God's creatures. They learn from example. My rule of thumb is I never would allow a child to do to an animal what I wouldn't allow them to do to another child...I know kind of a simplified philosophy but it works for me.
mykidsmylife
i let my 9 yr old "carry the bag" she is great with all her pets feeds them does her own water changes and has really never had any problems. except the one where my 5 yr old her brother thought he was helping by turning on a light for the fish. oops he learned anyways. my kids are all great with pets and gentelness. i think how you raise your kids to respect things and others detemines how they will treat pets,toys or basically anything. i agree with mishi tho i dont take my kids shopping with me anymore i pay a sitter when it comes time for that.
I'm not saying that all kids can't handle the responsibility of being gentle with pets, I've seen a three or four year old boy carefully carry a box with a zebra finch in it. Also, there are some kids that come into the store extremely well behaved, it's just that the ones that stick out in your mind after a long day are the screamers. I am not a parent myself, but am judging by the way I was raised. It was not an empty threat that we would leave the store if I kept acting that way, as it has seemed to be with so many parents. The ones that bother me the most I guess, are the adults that think we will babysit their 5 year olds while they shop. The store is NOT child-proof. I know that if I ever threw a tantrum in a store, I was hauled out immediately, rather than being ignored, or worse, pampered. I have also played mother's helper with one toddler to the extent that I now claim the little girl as "honorary little sister," and she never acted that way. I think that kids want to find the boundaries, and will keep pushing until they do find them.
mykidsmylife said:LOL...absolutely not!!!! I think we are all referring to YOUNG children. The only reason I wouldnt let my 11 year old boy (who is SO into the tanks...he will be getting his own 30 gallon from Santa for his room
I think when it comes to children -cruelty breeds cruelty...apathy breeds apathy..esp. when it comes to animals. My children have a healthy respect for animals...and they watch me care for our little farm with love, compassion, and respect for all God's creatures. They learn from example. My rule of thumb is I never would allow a child to do to an animal what I wouldn't allow them to do to another child...I know kind of a simplified philosophy but it works for me.
mykidsmylife
oh thats a good point
