I agree.
I again have to say, what was the big deal with the poor kid who was just subjected to 2 hours in a store, twirling some paper, wasn't hurting anyone, wasn't in danger of whacking the woman over the head.
sounds to me it was bugging mom and no one else. and when she didn't listen right away it became a power struggle, an unnecessary power struggle.
just because kids are kids doesn't mean they don't deserve respect.
and to put yourself in the kids shoes of being in a store for 2 hours............hmmmm I would be annoyed too being in a store for 2 hours
Some of you just don't get it. There's a time and place to play around and a store is not that time or place. I see parents shopping all the time and their kids are 10 plus feet behind them doing 'whatever', and the parent just keeps going, or jabs on their cell phone and basically ignores their child(ren).
Your children should be right next to you when you shop, and you should be aware of what they are doing at all times.
Even if the child wasn't hurting anyone.......YET.....with that roll of wrapping paper, something could have gotten knocked off a shelf, it could have eventually hit someone, and maybe people would have to dodge the child in order to not get hit, and last but not least, it's just not good manners to fling things around in stores.
Just because something isn't hurting anyone doesn't mean their behavior is acceptable. I get annoyed when people let their kids run up and down the isles at church. Does it hurt me, no. Last time I went out to eat, a family with 5 kids sat at a large booth next to me and the kids were running back and forth on the seats. Yes, that annoyed me---so did the constant whining and crying coming from the table. And the fact that the mother did nothing about it. It's just plain annoying.
Why wasn't your child standing with you in line to begin with? Why did you allow her to take the wrapping paper out of the cart and mess around with it to begin with? Weren't you worried that it 'might' end up knocking something over, or hit someone?
As for 'old people'.... some young people thought I was an old lady when I was 30 years old. What is an old person? If it was a senior citizen, be respectful and say that. Age is irrelavent to what happened.
I find that a lot of people (the 'offenders') never quite tell the whole story or truth. Maybe, just maybe, the mom was loud and nagging her daughter so much that it got on the 'old ladies' nerves. I think it's really annoying to hear parents loudly tell their kids things over and over and allow the child to ignore them. Sometimes I'd like to say something, too.
A six year old in therapy for authority issues is not the norm. And there is no humor to be found in that. You can get her all the therapy you want, OP, but if you don't make changes at HOME, the therapy will do nothing to help her.
Lastly, why is it that if a parent disciplines her child she is then called "holier than thou". We all have issues, but it's the way you HANDLE them that matters. Think about that.
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