Son broke Mum in Law's ornament- help please?

KellyWelly

mrcow wrote: »

Here - have a medal, innit

hahaha!

You spelled it wrong, though. :T

BrandNewDay

mrcow wrote: »

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.

My children don't run around in shops. I hold their hands or carry them or whatever I need to do. I don't take them into places that have lots of fragile ornaments if I can't carry or hold them. That's just common sense.

But, Grandma's house isn't a shop. It's a private home. If I were to drop by someone's house and they weren't prepared for my small children, I would definitely hold on to them. But, at the inlaws they are expected to run and play when they come to visit. Ornaments are put up out of reach, just as they have been in our own home.

This grandmother should have thought about that before having her grandchildren over to her house.

mrcow

BrandNewDay wrote: »

But, Grandma's house isn't a shop. It's a private home. If I were to drop by someone's house and they weren't prepared for my small children, I would definitely hold on to them. But, at the inlaws they are expected to run and play when they come to visit. Ornaments are put up out of reach, just as they have been in our own home.

So what you are saying is the answer to the following questions:

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?

Is no to each of them?

How old are your children?

RoseFairy

Hi. I read this post 3-4 days ago - so apologies if this info has already been mentioned since then (not had chance yet to read back as messaging first).

Anyway, i live in Solihull, nr Birmingham, and there is an actual shop/store which sells Swarovski crystal items, in Touchwood Shopping Centre, I don't know if they have any branches elsewhere.

I saw the four bird on a branch with yellow beaks (as per picture in post #67 - and quite cute when i saw it close up, unlike the pictures make it out to be) and it is £117. All items have a 'swan' hallmark engraving to prove it is genuine. and the value goes up because as a batch is finished being made and on sale the moulds are destroyed.

nevertheless i hope you managed to find an alternative to the situation.

BrandNewDay

mrcow wrote: »

So what you are saying is the answer to the following questions:



Is no to each of them?

How old are your children?

My children are 2 and 4. No, they don't really understand the difference between toys and ornaments. Certainly not the two year old.

The two-year-old doesn't understand anything about how to behave in someone else's house. The four-year-old is starting to learn. If we were to visit someone who didn't have their own small children, I would keep them very close at hand. We wouldn't be able to stay for very long and the visit wouldn't be enjoyable because I'd be too busy with the kids. Their grandparents expect them to run around and be boisterous. They enjoy seeing their grandsons play. Fragile ornaments are put out of reach before we arrive.

blackcoffee

my husband broke a plate of his step mothers that was balanced very awkwardly on her television. she had asked him to tune in thier new dvd player and as he was getting up his head clipped the plate (it was full of pot pourri) Even she admitted it was in a silly place, balanced not even on a flat surface, it was unreplaceable as it was bought abroad, my dh was mortified, as was I ! he purposely had gone to her house without our children. we bought her flowers to apologise. It was silly offering to replace it as both parties knew that not possible

a few years later we actually saw something very similar in the same country and purchased it for her, as it was still on our minds. she was thrilled.

i think it comes down to how you are bought up, and your conscience.

Where you put things in your own home is entirely up to you, when I take my 3 children to my husbands parents house, they are lectured before hand, that there are dainty things about. if there are any breakages then i most definatly in my power will look to replace them, thats how i was bought up, to respect others peoples property. it is up to the recipient to either refuse or accept the offer.

my in laws dont pick things up before we go, they are old school,and yes do expect my chlldren to sit on thier hands (not literally you understand) I do my best to pick up some things and put them out of reach, but it doesnt always work that way. thankfully the only breakage to date (apart from one pulled over christmas tree by an 14 month old little man learning to walk, who couldnt stop) is the plate !!!

JWM

mrcow wrote: »

So what you are saying is the answer to the following questions:



Is no to each of them?

How old are your children?

MrCow you do go on a bit! OK so you disagree with some of the posters on here but I think you've made your point......again.....and again.....and again:rotfl: :rotfl:

I'm sure you won't change your views and neither will the people who think that some common sense is called for when kids are visiting.