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Originally Posted by kazbates
One of the things I find completely frustrating is watching parents completely ignore their misbehaving children or make excuses for their bad behaviour. At Ryleigh's recital practice tonight, I watched small children running up and down the auditorium aisles, almost knocking over expensive recording equipment and making a general nuisance of themselves. Where were their parents, ignoring their children and talking so loudly that others couldn't hear any of the procedural announcements the dance instructor was making.  I love children and can easily handle one who is misbehaving, but I also know that their behaviour can generally be laid at the feet of their parents.  |
Totally agree with this! At my Son's Christmas recital I was the only parent who got up and told a child to behave and not run around. He was part of a pack of 5 that just wouldn't stay in their spot. It was a small room, very easy to get out of my chair and nab Son at the side of the room to express my displeasure at his behaviour without disturbing other parents. Apparently it was more important for the other parents to sit still than to make sure their kids stood still and took part in the songs with their classmates. *sigh*
I really don't like those random screaming hords of kids that I see so often, or the ones that scream in the restaurant for no apparent reason while be ignored by their parents (or maybe that's why they are screaming). I enjoy my son and a few of his friends who are actually polite and interested in what is going on around them. I have to confess that I wasn't really thrilled with even my own child until he started to interact with me at 6 month, when he started to talk at 2 yrs things started to pick up, now that he is 5 yrs old I really enjoy spending time with him.
All those hrs of reading to him are paying off too, we wanted to sleep in a bit on the weekend and sent him back to his room to play. When we went into his room later that day his bed was covered with the books he had 'read' while we were sleeping. Made me proud.
