tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633833535028072307.post1131943691807252672..comments2013-04-09T20:50:34.151+10:00Comments on days.designed.: leave the kids at homesandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426719846907185208noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633833535028072307.post-32849586202476327282010-10-13T15:17:52.060+11:002010-10-13T15:17:52.060+11:00No way Cookie, you made some valid points! And I a...No way Cookie, you made some valid points! And I agree it isn't kids that have changed but parental behaviour. It's one thing to say we don't smack and have become more progressive as parents but quite another to let a child rule the household (and you life). New strategies need to be taught to new parents - I would have no idea what to do if I didn't get myself some parenting books as I did not want to do it the way my parents did. Most people think they will just know how to handle kids when they have them, like saying you know how to drive a car cause you've watched your parents drive before.<br /><br />As a follow up, the boys were perfectly behaved on the way home apart from one squeal from Lucas, but I was happy with that! Especially since the flight was at 4pm!<br /><br />And Pauls, I agree they don't make things any easier by putting the chocolates within kids reach at the checkouts - right where people congregate but I guess it's all down to marketing. It would be nice if they did not advertise crappy toys during kid's shows but it's always gonna happen!sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09426719846907185208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633833535028072307.post-22999089915801228022010-10-11T20:44:15.157+11:002010-10-11T20:44:15.157+11:00Rant rave Rant rave
sorry, longwinded!Rant rave Rant rave<br />sorry, longwinded!Cookie Monster in Therapyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635575299417653389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633833535028072307.post-690574767075110442010-10-11T20:26:10.231+11:002010-10-11T20:26:10.231+11:00Some people are just d*cks, but I think more peopl...Some people are just d*cks, but I think more people became less tolerant when parents started being less disciplinary. I'm not talking smacking or the ilk, but saying no and teaching respect for other people and property. And realising that your own prince or princess is not the centre of everyone else's world.<br /><br />It's the kids throwing tantrums or misbehaving that got on my wick, and they still do to be honest. Unfortunately some people tend to be afraid of their own children and the responsibilities taken on when they have them so they let them act like jerks. And just as unfortunately, there is a larger number of children these days that have been allowed act that way. <br /><br />My kids have travelled, and at the end of most of the flights we have taken, I've had strangers come up to me and thank/praise us on having well behaved kids through the flight, because unfortunately it's the misbehaviour that is much more common, which in turn draws these sour generalised opinions from those travelling childfree. <br /><br />It's the same deal with other places, but there is more of an opportunity to get away from the situation when you're not stuck with no escape, so people don't focus on it as much. And you're not paying as much for the privilege.Cookie Monster in Therapyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12635575299417653389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633833535028072307.post-87651163899985326622010-10-11T08:32:37.945+11:002010-10-11T08:32:37.945+11:00Well said! I completly agree. You get the evil loo...Well said! I completly agree. You get the evil look especially at shopping centres when you get to the checkouts and if my child is scrfeaming her head off because the store has placed 100 different types of chocolates at the checkout I tell her once or twince and leave her until i leave the store. If they dont like it then move the freakin chocolates, they are there for that one reason only, in a childs reach...so its their fault, scream all you want I say!Paulinenoreply@blogger.com