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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 217403" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">More and more I find myself trying to wholly assess the situation before passing any judgement, if at all. Sometimes I just observe. I can usually peg a difficult child child over a simple unhappy, bored, overindulged, or overtired child in a public place like that. Less and less I find myself immersing myself into a situation that does not involve me, unless I sense danger or risk of injury to another person. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">In this case, I probably would have done exactly as you had. The friend was probably just embarrassed and sticking up for her friend. Nothing so wrong with that. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">If that had been me and mine, I would have stepped out of line and taken my kids to a quiet corner of the place and asked them if they'd rather come another day - or at all. After a few years of doing the santa photo op thing with my dds, I learned that it's just not worth it, they weren't that interested and in fact, it seemed to overwhelm them more than please them. I have one picture in particular that I never sent out to family because the girls look so miserable.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">I think parents often want that santa photo more than the kids want to meet santa and are willing to put up with a crying, unruly miserable child just to get it and that kind of sickens me. It's just not worth it. My kids wanted to 'see' santa but not meet him.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">And it is not about whether the child in question was a difficult child or special needs. ANY child can be overwhelmed by the whole picture with santa thing, being dragged through the mall, etc. It's not fun for a little 2-3 year old, no matter what. Parents need to learn how to respect their kids' feelings more if you ask me. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: indigo">So, that said, I guess that means, yes, I do judge some parents. Hahaha.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 217403, member: 2211"] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]More and more I find myself trying to wholly assess the situation before passing any judgement, if at all. Sometimes I just observe. I can usually peg a difficult child child over a simple unhappy, bored, overindulged, or overtired child in a public place like that. Less and less I find myself immersing myself into a situation that does not involve me, unless I sense danger or risk of injury to another person. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]In this case, I probably would have done exactly as you had. The friend was probably just embarrassed and sticking up for her friend. Nothing so wrong with that. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]If that had been me and mine, I would have stepped out of line and taken my kids to a quiet corner of the place and asked them if they'd rather come another day - or at all. After a few years of doing the santa photo op thing with my dds, I learned that it's just not worth it, they weren't that interested and in fact, it seemed to overwhelm them more than please them. I have one picture in particular that I never sent out to family because the girls look so miserable.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]I think parents often want that santa photo more than the kids want to meet santa and are willing to put up with a crying, unruly miserable child just to get it and that kind of sickens me. It's just not worth it. My kids wanted to 'see' santa but not meet him.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]And it is not about whether the child in question was a difficult child or special needs. ANY child can be overwhelmed by the whole picture with santa thing, being dragged through the mall, etc. It's not fun for a little 2-3 year old, no matter what. Parents need to learn how to respect their kids' feelings more if you ask me. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=indigo]So, that said, I guess that means, yes, I do judge some parents. Hahaha.:raspberry-tounge:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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