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Son broke Mum in Law's ornament- help please?
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KellyWelly wrote: »'ere av a medal, innit.
If you've got children or grandchildren you can't expect to have bits of crap lying about and not get them broken or messed with.
Do your kids not understand the difference between toys and ornaments?
Do they understand a request not to touch something?
Do they understand that you don't charge round other people's houses, especially if they've been asked not to?
It's got nothing to do with deserving a medal. It's about bringng your kids up right.
!!!!!!.
It's hardly rocket science (or is it?).
How do your kids behave in public places? Are they "running around" in shops too?
If your kid broke something in a store, would it be the shop's fault for daring to have stuff out on display in the first place?
Sheesh......I'm getting worried by some of these remarks. Are some parents seriously that out of control of their own children that we have to wrap up our houses and surroundings in cotton wool in case their unruley kids can't contain themselves? Take a bit of responsibilty for crying out loud."One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
Do your kids not understand the difference between toys and ornaments?
Do they understand a request not to touch something?
Do they understand that you don't charge round other people's houses, especially if they've been asked not to?
It's got nothing to do with deserving a medal. It's about bringng your kids up right.
!!!!!!.
It's hardly rocket science (or is it?).
How do your kids behave in public places? Are they "running around" in shops too?
If your kid broke something in a store, would it be the shop's fault for daring to have stuff out on display in the first place?
Sheesh......I'm getting worried by some of these remarks. Are some parents seriously that out of control of their own children that we have to wrap up our houses and surroundings in cotton wool in case their unruley kids can't contain themselves? Take a bit of responsibilty for crying out loud.
Well said! :T :T :T“You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.”0 -
KellyWelly wrote: »
And I certainly wouldn't be contemplating replacing something that my mother-in-law bought off the back of a lorry. People who buy things that have been burgled are as much scum as the people who burgle it in the first place.
Kelly, the item in question didnt come from a burglary, OP stated it came direct from someone who worked in the swarovski factory. Questionable perhaps, but speaking as someone who grew up in Stoke on Trent, every family here had ornaments and pottery that had come directly from the factory.0 -
The problem was your response to this remark:
Which you quoted basically saying that it is fine to blame the householder for not child proofing a house "because it's kids". Which it clearly isn't fine to do!
Unless you're back tracking of course?
No, I said I'd claim on insurance if it was worth it and get on with my life. I'd certainly not give anyone a rollocking for it.
I am allowed an opinion luv.0 -
No, I said I'd claim on insurance if it was worth it and get on with my life. I'd certainly not give anyone a rollocking for it.
I am allowed an opinion luv.
Post #88 was what I was referring to.
And as for your having an opinion......as Clint Eastwood said, "Opinions are like ar.seholes......everyone's got one" :rolleyes:"One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
The OP did not say he was being a little !!!!, she said he was 'having a beligerant day'. Playing in a cupboard that is oposite the shelving unit (that grandma allows them to play in) after being told by mum not too. So, yes, he was disobeying his mother but there was a conflict (in his mind) in that at grandmas house he is 'allowed' to play in the cupboard.
The shelving unit has been said to be rickety and unsafe and so non boisterous play could have easily made it fall. We don't actually know how it fell, only that there was silence then a 'clink'. I've never encountered silent boiterous play.
OP also said that her DS and her nephew were 'winding up' the girls. Again, she did not actually say he was being boisterous.
The fact still remains that it was an unsuitable position for such a valuble object, given that the unit was unsteady and an area opposite it was a designated 'play' area for children. Would you put valuuble objects in your childrens play area on an unsteady shelf? I wouldn't.0 -
Perhaps you missed this bit?DS bit me today too little !!!!!! on my btm and left teeth marks. He's not bitten since he was little and suddenly started doing it in the last couple of weeks since he's been at school. Think I shal have a word with his teacher on Monday. (To think- he was the quiet one!)Would you put valuuble objects in your childrens play area on an unsteady shelf? I wouldn't.
Well I don't have any ornaments as I think they're tacky and I don't like clutter, so no, but I do have a £1500 dining table and 6 dining chairs that cost £200 each in the area that my children play in the most (I have an open plan 400 square ft living/dining room so don't really have a choice) which they don't touch. I also have other expensive furniture and equipment that they don't abuse or break. Why would they? They have toys to play with.
My mother on the other hand has a house filled with sentimental stuff and ornaments. It's everywhere, on the tables, sides & hearth etc. They don't touch any of that either.
My kids are 7, 3 & 1 for the record. Their cousins are 6,5,4 and 2 and they don't touch any of it either.
Obviously breakages happen. Accidents can always happen (just like my Virgin Mary incident). Perhaps some are more avoidable than others, but them's the breaks. I've had kids round before who have broken stuff and I've not been angry (upset perhaps, in particualr when one child smashed one very sentimental wine glass from a set I have). It's life.....and it's just stuff."One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
Kids are all different. My two nephews are a perfect example. One is 4 and is and always has been an angel...the other is 8 months and is starting to show his sneaky and troublesome tendencies.
For the record my 2 year old hasn't damaged anything as yet, but I have to keep a very close eye on her and investigate when it goes quiet.
Either way....this isn't helping the OP.Baby Year 1: Oh dear...on the move
Lily contracted Strep B Meningitis Dec 2006 :eek: Now seemingly a normal little monster. :beer:
Love to my two angels that I will never forget.0
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