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ngdawg · 07-13-2007, 08:42 PM

Problem is, at 19 months old, they don't know the consequences of sitting still, at least not for any length of time. She shouldn't have brought him to the show; all that did is boost the other side.
There are ways to keep a kid occupied so that he appears well behaved; the other side of the coin is exerting some measure of control very very early on so that you don't end up with a brat. We have been in restaurants with our toddlers and actually had people remark to us that they didn't know there were young children at the table behind them. People are too freakin afraid of hurting Jr.s' feelings or damaging some false idea of 'self esteem'.

07-13-2007, 08:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Problem is, at 19 months old, they don't know the consequences of sitting still, at least not for any length of time. She shouldn't have brought him to the show; all that did is boost the other side. There are ways to keep a kid occupied so that he appears well behaved; the other side of the coin is exerting some measure of control very very early on so that you don't end up with a brat. We have been in restaurants with our toddlers and actually had people remark to us that they didn't know there were young children at the table behind them. People are too freakin afraid of hurting Jr.s' feelings or damaging some false idea of 'self esteem'. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.