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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 276691" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We don't have Chucky Cheese in Australia. However, we do have kids parties in various places, including the golden arches.</p><p></p><p>A few comments, wes - </p><p></p><p>1) I HATE it when anyone says to me, "Don't you know how to..." when it is then followed by a comment implying you are a bad parent. It's on the level of "when did you stop beating your wife?" There is no answer you can give, without putting yourself deep in it. So either ignore such questions, or simply look the questioner in the eye and say, "Do you want to rephrase that?"</p><p></p><p>2) Kids run amok at parties in family restaurants. And the noisier te party, the more sugar, the more expectation - the worse they can be. We live with it.</p><p></p><p>3) You might do better with him if you switch from enforcing your will (which would have been aggravated by your mother's nagging) and use transitioning techniques instead. Forexample, getting him out of the tube when it was time to go. Why was it so urgent to get him to leave right then? Couldn't he have finished playing in the tube and THEN come out? Or maybe you could have said, "We have to leave in a few minutes. When you're ready, come on out and I will let you choose a cookie on the way out." or similar bribe.</p><p>There's nothing wrong with bribes. The bribe needn't be anything material. It can be, "Come on out so you can say goodbye to grandma," or "I need you to choose which CD we will play next in the car."</p><p></p><p>difficult child 1 had a diagnosis of ADHD when he was 6, and still when he was 8. At both birthday parties (we skipped a party at age 7) difficult child 1 was happier sitting quietly in his bedroom instead of outside playing with his friends at his own birthday party. That should have been a clue...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 276691, member: 1991"] We don't have Chucky Cheese in Australia. However, we do have kids parties in various places, including the golden arches. A few comments, wes - 1) I HATE it when anyone says to me, "Don't you know how to..." when it is then followed by a comment implying you are a bad parent. It's on the level of "when did you stop beating your wife?" There is no answer you can give, without putting yourself deep in it. So either ignore such questions, or simply look the questioner in the eye and say, "Do you want to rephrase that?" 2) Kids run amok at parties in family restaurants. And the noisier te party, the more sugar, the more expectation - the worse they can be. We live with it. 3) You might do better with him if you switch from enforcing your will (which would have been aggravated by your mother's nagging) and use transitioning techniques instead. Forexample, getting him out of the tube when it was time to go. Why was it so urgent to get him to leave right then? Couldn't he have finished playing in the tube and THEN come out? Or maybe you could have said, "We have to leave in a few minutes. When you're ready, come on out and I will let you choose a cookie on the way out." or similar bribe. There's nothing wrong with bribes. The bribe needn't be anything material. It can be, "Come on out so you can say goodbye to grandma," or "I need you to choose which CD we will play next in the car." difficult child 1 had a diagnosis of ADHD when he was 6, and still when he was 8. At both birthday parties (we skipped a party at age 7) difficult child 1 was happier sitting quietly in his bedroom instead of outside playing with his friends at his own birthday party. That should have been a clue... Marg [/QUOTE]
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