A bored child meets the President.....

[Little Star]

A bored child did his best to upstage his parents at the White House by diving onto a couch in the Oval Office.

The smartly dressed youngster was photographed acting up as his mother and father met with Barack Obama in June.

Mr Obama is seen in the snap chatting with the departing Secret Service agent and his wife, apparently unaware of the boy’s antics.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/11083647/Barack-Obama-Bored-child-face-plants-White-House-sofa.html

Ya gotta love kids!!! lol

[Sunlei]

1. lol!, theres a picture for the family album!

Wonder if the President and Mrs. Obama want to have another child in their family? Think they will adopt someday?

[KittyWampus]

2. honestly, I don't think that's cute. Sick of excuses parents make for their little snowflakes.

Now that I got that out of my cranky "get off my lawn" system…. the kid might have just flopped over the arm of the couch to sit and kick his feet. Which would be pretty normal for any kid in the universe.

Still it shouldn't be beyond the means of a 7 year old to sit or stand quietly for 10 minutes while Mom & Dad meet POTUS. Or maybe don't bring him if he can't.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. This child is half of 7... 3, maybe 4.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

4. Agree!

That meet and greet lasted a maximum of ten minutes. Probably less. Ninety-nine percent of children can behave for that length of time, and if you think your child will have problems behaving, don't bring him or give him something to keep him occupied.

Of course, it could also be a matter of having waited an already long time to meet the president, but that's why you go prepared with things to occupy the child. It would have make things much more difficult, though.

[morningfog]

14. I don't see anything that indicates that child is misbehaving.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

19. Seriously?

Wow.

I had much higher expectations for my children. I'm not suggesting they always met them, since they didn't, but I certainly tried.

[morningfog]

39. I would expect and hope that my children would enjoy themsevles. Especially in the Oval Office.

I would categorize misbehaving as kicking the President, carving their name in the table, slashing a painting, breaking a vase, etc.

Flopping on a couch? Not even close.

[TBF]

34. I guess it's all in how you define "behave"

[randome]

6. I bet you still keep your furniture covered with plastic wrap, don't you?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[KittyWampus]

21. LOLz. I knew I'd get grief for posting that. I'm not as old as dirt… yet.

[mopinko]

7. come on now. you have no idea what was happening before that shot.

knowing obama, they were prolly jumping on the couch together.

[KittyWampus]

22. I know that and actually pretty much said exactly that.

[Scuba]

24. +1

[morningfog]

10. The President has kids too. There is nothing for the parents here to make an excuse for.

Good lord, a kid is enjoying himself in the Oval office. This is a good thing.

[tazkcmo]

11. Dagburned kids anyway! n/t

[Lochloosa]

13. John? Is that you?

[progressoid]

16. These darn parents can't control their kids!

?


And stay off the lawn!

[Little Star]

18. +1

[Agschmid]

25. +2

[demmiblue]

28. +2.5

[Hissyspit]

29. +3

[TBF]

35. Thread win! nt

[canuckledragger]

40. I bet Obama played the straight man right up to the point where his daughter jumped into his lap!

I think the secret service men knew what was up both times, regardless!

[FourScore]

41. +1000 n/t

[randome]

5. Shit! Check for gunpowder residue! Obama's done gone and killed another!

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[Heather MC]

8. As a mom I would be mortified, as an observer to cute Children keep real!

[geek tragedy]

9. I was expecting Ted Cruz. nt

[morningfog]

12. He doesn't look bored to me! It looks like he is enjoying himself.

Good for him and his parents.

[NightWatcher]

15. Never take a 4 year old to Ikea

Imagine this scene on this one couch multiplied by a thousand.

My kid loves it.

[NRaleighLiberal]

17. caption - "typical republican attention span"

[nashville_brook]

20. damn -- i was totally expecting a Chuck Todd thread :)

[mockmonkey]

27. You're not the only one.

Got distracted by my cats...yeah, I'll blame them for missing your post.

[asjr]

36. I would love to see someone toss the toad on something harder than a sofa.

[mountain grammy]

23. Boys will be boys..

[mockmonkey]

26. heh

I thought it was going to be Chuck Todd...

[TShirley]

30. Very nice

to see that a child can feel comfortable in the White House. I might be a bit embarrassed if I were the parents, but the child is not interrupting the adult conversation.

[lunatica]

31. It seems to me the child was having a great time

And he'd probably been there before and felt comfortable playing.

[marble falls]

32. He tripped over the couch, could happen to anyone......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dnII4_W9k3E#t=1

[randome]

33. No, that sofa is a cleverly disguised SS agent who thought the kid was up to no good.

The President's safety is paramount.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]All things in moderation, including moderation.[/center][/font][hr]

[valerief]

37. That kid has all the makings of a Republican Speaker of the House. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. He couldn't do that during the Bush Administration....

Not with all the adult diapers.

Rummy? Cheney? Wolfowitz?

You know at least one was fully loaded.