Today at Wally World, I was in line, waiting to check out. I always catch up on all the tabloids when I'm standing in line. How else am I going to know that Angie is pregnant with child #7, and Dr. Phil cheated on Robin?
There was a Mom, Dad, and their approx. 4 yr. old son in front of me. They had 2 carts and one had their 2 little girls in one of them. The little boy started moving the cart back towards us, (I was with Middle Daughter and we had some one on one time. She got her hair cut and now she knows about sex and periods, it was a good outing!), and I looked up and he was getting close to my cart so I backed up fast so that he didn't hit me. No big deal.
So, I'm catching up on the rumors tabloids and I look up and the Mom has her son by the ear and she makes him apologize to me. HOLY SHIT! I thought to myself! The little boy's sweet voice said "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Wow! I was shocked and immediately made light of it and said something like "Oh my gosh, it's okay, you didn't hit me or my cart, are you okay?"
That stayed with me all the way home. How many times have kids in public bumped into me or run over my foot without a second look? I can't even count all the times. How many times have we been out to a restaurant and some people are letting their children run around wild while we're trying to enjoy a precious and rare outing to eat without the chore of doing dishes afterwards? Too many! It was really nice to see that some parents are making their children accountable for their behavior even if she was going a bit overboard.
I wish that there were more parents like them and I should have told them that when I saw them in the parking lot later, but I didn't.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Discipline
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9 Great Minds Think Alike:
You call it wally world too!!!! Ah aha ha hah ahah
I am sorry, but that might be overboard in "these" days but,.... in the olden days the kids had to go home and pick out their switch!!
So claps to her even though I would have been a bit taken back as well,...
I wish parents would hold their monsters responsible more often!!! ooooo the ear huh?? I gotta try that one out,..
Smiles
It's good to see accountability, however, what would have happened if mom hadn't been there to enforce it. I think that there has to be another way, punishment isn't a deterrent in my experience, but hey I just work with incarcerated teens.
A haircut and learning about sex and periods all in one day! The poor young lady must have been exhausted.
Thanks guys!
Sassy Pants, I hope the switch days are over. The boy was sweet and cute. No harm was done. The mom, should get some kind of award for paying attention! I've been around my kids for over 17 years and I know that they can do strange things when you least expect it!
Knittenkitten, Thanks for stopping by! I don't want you job! I don't know how you do it and stay sane!
Chuckmccky, I just blogged about the fact that she wasn't ready for all of the facts. She seemed to have to know everything over night. I know she didn't read my post so it was kinda strange!
I was exhausted after "the talk!" hehehe!
:)
S/B Knittenkitten, I don't want your job!
:O
As one of those parents that has used the "ear pull" in a public place (btw--not hard to inflict serious damage but enough to get their full attention) and I ALWAYS discipline my kids when we are in public (I do it at home too but in different ways) I would have LOVED to hear from a stranger that I was doing a good job and that someone thought my kids were sweet young boys.
So, don't be afraid to give us parents of small children a pat on the back--believe me we could use it!!
I don't pull ears, but I do make the kids apologize if they do something like that.
Yesterday, at the store, an adult dropped a box from a shelf onto my daughter's head and almost walked off without saying a thing. My husband gave her 'the look' and she finally apologized. Hmph.
;-)
I praise parents who are on top of their kids like that! Yay for attentive parents! LoL. I'm not an ear puller, I'm a hand flicking, butt swatter. You should see the looks I get in public when Hannah does something and I get her right then! I never go overboard but fully agree with the discipline them then instead of teaching them if you get in trouble, it will make me drop everything and go right home thing. That just makes them learn that if they are bored and don't want to be there doing what I need to get done, act up and we'll go home. I always had the fear of having one of those throw down, kicking our feet and screaming at the top of my lungs, kind of children, haha. So I kicked in and got strict fast. My dad grew up on the belt whipping from my grandfather but he knew if it came down to his dad dealing with his discipline, he was in all kinds of trouble! You know the whole, "You wait until your father gets home" LoL. Ai ai yi. Sorry to make it so long. I love your posts, they always get me in the mood to chatter...LoL.
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