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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 10783" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Dreamer, I'm with you - embarrass the heck out of the kids often enough and they're too scared to pull a crazy stunt. Some of the things I've done I couldn't put here because the censor would make them too cryptic, after taking out half the words. But it worked, and I didn't say anything unacceptable (well, not individual words, but when you put them together in context...). And now, even difficult child 1's friends are too scared to try and shock me, they're scared of me upping the ante.</p><p></p><p>That's not to say I don't have standards - I do. But the kids know I have the capacity to embarrass them far more than they can embarrass me, even in their wildest dreams (or nightmares).</p><p></p><p>I've never had difficult child 3 throw a really bad tantrum at the pharmacy, but we're lucky. We're well-known where we go. I HAVE seen our pharmacist quietly say to a frazzled parent, "Leave the script here, I'll drop it round to your place on my lunch break." Or he will speak to the kid himself. He's a lovely, gentle man, but a non-parent speaking to a kid throwing a tantrum can sometimes shut a kid off.</p><p></p><p>Another comment I've heard, especially in our pharmacy when a kid is being difficult (and he know the parents well enough) - "Now THERE'S a good argument for using contraception!"</p><p></p><p>I remember reading about a kid throwing a noisy tantrum on a plane, mid-air. The stewardess leaned over to the kid and said, "Little boy, would you like to go and play OUTSIDE?"</p><p>Apparently the kid shut up for the rest of the trip.</p><p></p><p>I've saved up a lot of comments to help laugh off situations like this.</p><p>"That's what I get for having a raunchy affair with Satan a few years ago."</p><p>"I KNEW I shouldn't have let him drink an entire bottle of red cordial extract, with a coffee chaser."</p><p>"We're trialling a new energy bar - double guarana, double caffeine, and all the colouring they can pack in between the peanuts."</p><p>She's practising for the 'before' in a commercial about child sedatives."</p><p></p><p>I like to plan ahead. At the last film rehearsal/technical set-up, difficult child 3 lost his spare Nintendo DS stylus. He had people with mikes & headsets holding up the shoot while they ran around searching the floor of a HUGE hall for a tiny grey stick. My primo donno couldn't go on until it was found. I was so embarrassed, and had no quick quip ready. I felt even more embarrassed when they announced loudly, "It's OK, it's been found. We can get back to work now." </p><p>Well, they did ask for autistic kids! (two days more, two days more...)</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 10783, member: 1991"] Dreamer, I'm with you - embarrass the heck out of the kids often enough and they're too scared to pull a crazy stunt. Some of the things I've done I couldn't put here because the censor would make them too cryptic, after taking out half the words. But it worked, and I didn't say anything unacceptable (well, not individual words, but when you put them together in context...). And now, even difficult child 1's friends are too scared to try and shock me, they're scared of me upping the ante. That's not to say I don't have standards - I do. But the kids know I have the capacity to embarrass them far more than they can embarrass me, even in their wildest dreams (or nightmares). I've never had difficult child 3 throw a really bad tantrum at the pharmacy, but we're lucky. We're well-known where we go. I HAVE seen our pharmacist quietly say to a frazzled parent, "Leave the script here, I'll drop it round to your place on my lunch break." Or he will speak to the kid himself. He's a lovely, gentle man, but a non-parent speaking to a kid throwing a tantrum can sometimes shut a kid off. Another comment I've heard, especially in our pharmacy when a kid is being difficult (and he know the parents well enough) - "Now THERE'S a good argument for using contraception!" I remember reading about a kid throwing a noisy tantrum on a plane, mid-air. The stewardess leaned over to the kid and said, "Little boy, would you like to go and play OUTSIDE?" Apparently the kid shut up for the rest of the trip. I've saved up a lot of comments to help laugh off situations like this. "That's what I get for having a raunchy affair with Satan a few years ago." "I KNEW I shouldn't have let him drink an entire bottle of red cordial extract, with a coffee chaser." "We're trialling a new energy bar - double guarana, double caffeine, and all the colouring they can pack in between the peanuts." She's practising for the 'before' in a commercial about child sedatives." I like to plan ahead. At the last film rehearsal/technical set-up, difficult child 3 lost his spare Nintendo DS stylus. He had people with mikes & headsets holding up the shoot while they ran around searching the floor of a HUGE hall for a tiny grey stick. My primo donno couldn't go on until it was found. I was so embarrassed, and had no quick quip ready. I felt even more embarrassed when they announced loudly, "It's OK, it's been found. We can get back to work now." Well, they did ask for autistic kids! (two days more, two days more...) Marg [/QUOTE]
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