Comments on: Other People’s Children… http://www.fromcribstocarkeys.com/2008/08/other-peoples-children/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:57:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shannan http://www.fromcribstocarkeys.com/2008/08/other-peoples-children/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Shannan Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:22:47 +0000 http://www.fromcribstocarkeys.com/?p=47#comment-100 Yeah, when J was that age, oh-so-many years ago, I never ran into a situation where the parents didn't reprimand their child for being mean. It just really threw me that they sat there and completely ignored that their kid was screaming in someone's face and shoving them. Maybe that's the norm at their house... Yeah, when J was that age, oh-so-many years ago, I never ran into a situation where the parents didn’t reprimand their child for being mean. It just really threw me that they sat there and completely ignored that their kid was screaming in someone’s face and shoving them. Maybe that’s the norm at their house…

]]> By: Nikki http://www.fromcribstocarkeys.com/2008/08/other-peoples-children/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Nikki Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:17:05 +0000 http://www.fromcribstocarkeys.com/?p=47#comment-99 I've always taken the moment to scoop my kid up and talk to them loudly (so the other parents can hear) that we are going to go and play over (wherever) with other boys and girls that are nice and don't hurt people. I'm not shy about it - I will look right at the other parents when I say it too. I might even throw out the comment, "He doesn't look like he wants a little guy following him around so we'll just go back over here." Whatever it takes to get their attention that meanness isn't acceptable. Unfortunately you're going to get "all kinds". I'm Sorry K had to have his first run in with mean kids. I’ve always taken the moment to scoop my kid up and talk to them loudly (so the other parents can hear) that we are going to go and play over (wherever) with other boys and girls that are nice and don’t hurt people. I’m not shy about it – I will look right at the other parents when I say it too. I might even throw out the comment, “He doesn’t look like he wants a little guy following him around so we’ll just go back over here.” Whatever it takes to get their attention that meanness isn’t acceptable.

Unfortunately you’re going to get “all kinds”. I’m Sorry K had to have his first run in with mean kids.

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