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In reply to the discussion: Adults that spoil kids aggravate me [View all]Burma Jones
(11,760 posts)We use a lot of Sitter Time and they are keenly aware of the difference between kids and adults.........
My two older kids (14 and 11) do perform for adults, but the adults have (at times) paid for their seats.
A story though.....
My youngest (then barely three, now five) was pitching a fit in the cart (not running around) at a grocery store as we were checking out. A woman yelled at me to shut her up, to which I shrugged and pointed to the cashier as she was doing her job and getting us the hell out of there. When that wasn't enough, she came over to us and grabbed my 3 year old daughter by the shoulder and screamed at her to shut up. Before I had a chance to correct this woman's behavior with extreme prejudice, the woman behind me in line grabbed the woman and threw her to the floor and started screaming at her to never touch another person's kid again. The woman then got up off the floor and walked back to her line. I thanked the woman who had interceded, paid for my order and walked out. As I got to the door, the Store Manager apologized to me and gave my kid a balloon. It quieted my daughter down though and I think she's been a little apprehensive around strangers ever since - probably for th egood.
I understand the frustration and can only add that the sort of parents and children you're ranting about are also very very harmful to parents trying to raise their children with a sense of respect and responsibility.
Oh, and my kids are maybe God's gift to their Mother and me (although, raising kids to be compassionate, kind and responsible is our gift to Progressives of the future) and whether you acknowledge that or not is your own business.
And if you want, I have pictures.....and they are adorable.......