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I have been called out...
Jun. 20th, 2008 08:20 am( fashion meme )
Jun. 20th, 2008
you have to look up your dentist in the yellow pages because you can't remember the name of the clinic.
Oh, my poor neglected teeth.
Oh, my poor neglected teeth.
Reality check on aisle 4!
Jun. 20th, 2008 09:19 pmAs I was surfing the ol' blogosphere yesterday (like you do), I happened across a blog that can be best described as a child-free screed. (In fact, the author herself describes it as a blog of rants.) Except... this person has clearly never had any contact with an actual human being under the age of 10.
Some of the things that she wants from the parents she comes into contact with are reasonable. She wants parents bringing kids on planes to, you know, bring toys. And to do something to ease the ear pain of pressure changes like a drink, gum, a binky, a bottle, depending on the age of the kid. (Of course, she also advocates drugging them, which is just one step up from the woman who I once heard suggest that if they could put dogs in the cargo hold they should be able to do the same thing with children.) Ditto for when you know you're going to be a boring place with a kid - bring toys. (Um, duh?)
OK, so most of this I can get behind. But... she also wants kids to "suck it up and deal" when they don't get their way. And she wants them to do it without crying.
Riiiiiiiiight. Now, there are things you can do to mitigate the screaming when a kid doesn't get their way. You can distract them, you can use whatever self-calming techniques you have taught them. But I'm sorry, when you tell an overtired three year old that she has to brush her teeth/put away the iPod because the plane is landing/give another kid their toy back, there is going to be screaming.
Like I said... no contact with an actual human being under the age of 10.
Some of the things that she wants from the parents she comes into contact with are reasonable. She wants parents bringing kids on planes to, you know, bring toys. And to do something to ease the ear pain of pressure changes like a drink, gum, a binky, a bottle, depending on the age of the kid. (Of course, she also advocates drugging them, which is just one step up from the woman who I once heard suggest that if they could put dogs in the cargo hold they should be able to do the same thing with children.) Ditto for when you know you're going to be a boring place with a kid - bring toys. (Um, duh?)
OK, so most of this I can get behind. But... she also wants kids to "suck it up and deal" when they don't get their way. And she wants them to do it without crying.
Riiiiiiiiight. Now, there are things you can do to mitigate the screaming when a kid doesn't get their way. You can distract them, you can use whatever self-calming techniques you have taught them. But I'm sorry, when you tell an overtired three year old that she has to brush her teeth/put away the iPod because the plane is landing/give another kid their toy back, there is going to be screaming.
Like I said... no contact with an actual human being under the age of 10.