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spiderman · 03-17-2004, 11:22 PM

So, my wife and I are in an airport ready to head back home from a long weekend's vacation. I went away from the table we were sitting at for beer and a pretzel. When I come back, she tells me that she has witnessed more than one instance of the worst parenting ever.

I ask, "What did you see?". She recounts two separate instances of mothers retrieving their child's pacifier from the dirty
"restaurant area" tile floor, and plopping said pacifier right back into the child's mouth.

Well, initially, I'm disgusted, but. then I get to thinking..."How common is this???" "Do parents figure they can't control everything that goes into their child's mouth and give up the battle completely? Or was this really an instance of viewing the worst of parenting skills imaginable???"

Childless and worried...

03-17-2004, 11:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
spiderman Rebourne - God, I love life, so, thanks! Location: Up your nose with a rubber hose	whoa! pacifiers on the floor back in the mouth? So, my wife and I are in an airport ready to head back home from a long weekend's vacation. I went away from the table we were sitting at for beer and a pretzel. When I come back, she tells me that she has witnessed more than one instance of the worst parenting ever. I ask, "What did you see?". She recounts two separate instances of mothers retrieving their child's pacifier from the dirty "restaurant area" tile floor, and plopping said pacifier right back into the child's mouth. Well, initially, I'm disgusted, but. then I get to thinking..."How common is this???" "Do parents figure they can't control everything that goes into their child's mouth and give up the battle completely? Or was this really an instance of viewing the worst of parenting skills imaginable???" Childless and worried... __________________ Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.