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So - your 8 year old is having a tantrum... do you?
Padz_2
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Your child is kicking off because the carvery restaurant have run out of gammon and turkey and you need to go somewhere else. You've given the child the choice of staying there and eating something different from the menu but she demands a carvery. You decide to go elsewhere and tell your child but your child says "But I wanted to eat HERE!" and throws herself round in a temper hitting a stranger on the arm in the process.
A) Apologise to the poor innocent middle-aged woman in the queue who was struck by your child flailing their arms around in a temper? Or maybe ask your child to say sorry?
Have a stand up row with the stranger because they complained about being hit?
Thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
A) Apologise to the poor innocent middle-aged woman in the queue who was struck by your child flailing their arms around in a temper? Or maybe ask your child to say sorry?
Have a stand up row with the stranger because they complained about being hit?Thoughts appreciated. Thanks.
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A. Clearly.
I'm going to guess you were the middle aged woman?Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.0 -
I'm guessing you were the person who was hit?0
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A. But then again no child of mine would dare behave like that in the first place! How embarrassing. Don't understand why people let their children run amok these days.I'm never offended by debate & opinions. As a wise man called Voltaire once said, "I disagree with what you say, but will defend until death your right to say it."
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Apologise to the other customer. You might well not win if you try to get your child to do it. Then take said child home to eat bread and cheese or similar.
Knowing how to behave out is an important part of scial develpment, and an 8 year old has to learn this. 8 is too old for tantrums.0 -
Apologise to the other customer. You might well not win if you try to get your child to do it. Then take said child home to eat bread and cheese or similar.
Knowing how to behave out is an important part of scial develpment, and an 8 year old has to learn this. 8 is too old for tantrums.
Seconded! Far to old!I'm never offended by debate & opinions. As a wise man called Voltaire once said, "I disagree with what you say, but will defend until death your right to say it."
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Pick the kid up by the ankles and give it a good shake.;)
Then sit it down to a plate of offal:DI'm not that way reclined
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Apologise straight away and then get your child right out of there. Any other words I would of put would be unasked for advice lol....0
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Apologise to the lady who was hit.. it wasnt deliberate.. take my child home and send them to their room and they would get toast later if they were lucky and Id treat myself to a takeaway.
BUT... it is quite possible a child of that age having a tantrum may have an unseen disability such as Aspergers or other autistic spectrum disorder or learning difficulty.. while many children run amok, many middle aged women are too quick to jump to the conclusion it is the parent at fault.LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
I have a 9 and 12 year old, and if they'd ever behaved like that, I would expected them to apologise immediately to the person they accidently hit, would then myself apologise on behalf of my child and would have gone straight home and told them they coud forget about being taken out again ever until they could show some decent manners and appreciation of being taken out for a meal.0
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A child of mine would have been out the door and on his/her way home long before either of those two scenarios were reached.Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear0
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