Children from Hell (was: SC - Re: Illusion food)

[Louise Sugar]

Lady Aine, I was not saying that children should be allowed to do whatever
they want.  I have been doing the parent thing for 24 yrs and my kids are
never out of my sight unless in their own home nor would they be
unsupervised at an event or even at a friend's home.  I was simply pointing
out that children are impulsive and even a well behaved child can sometimes
do something wrong.
Actually I don't believe that the child is solely to blame.  The parents
should take the responsibility for this incident, they should have been
watching their child.  No matter how mature and well behaved a child is, the
fact remain that they are still a child with a child's thoughts and a
child's actions.  Responsibilityand respect for others and their property is
something that is taught.  It does not spring up full grown like Athena from
the brow of Zeus

Dragonfyr


>I am just curious, where _were_ the parental units of this little heathen?
>
>I am the parent of three, and I simply have to disagree, been doing the
parent
>thing for the last 27 yrs...and babysat for about 10yrs before that...
>
>It is a disservice to your child if you think that child has limited
>understanding of later versus now.   Kids understand far more than we
adults
>give them credit for.    At the tender ages of you youngsters discussed
here, my
>kids were never let out of my eyesight, unless at home, in the home.
>At events, they were glued to my side.
>I have a problem with all this redirect stuff.   Tell me gentles who is
going to
>redirect and out of control teenager?  Teaching the  kids NO and Later
>are important.  Setting clear definable limits teaches children that there
are
>limitis everywhere.  Redirecting is fine, but there is not one to redirect
an
>adult...
>can ya see it now, kid whips out a gun at a 7-11 to rob it and poof outta
>nowhere comes this genie to redirect his bad behavior....sure and if you
believe
>that, I got some Trimarian swampland to sell you, cheap no gators
neither....
>
>Ras, did the parents ever show up and apologize for thier little terror?
>aine
>
>Louise Sugar wrote:
>
>> I totally agree. Children are so immediate, even when they understand the
>> concept of later, their later and ours often widely diverge  :)  It was a
>> shame that the wonderous work was prematurely dismantled however would
the
>> reaction have been equal if it had been an adult who tripped and fell on
it
>> or if someone bumped it?  What the child did does not seem to me to have
>> been a contemplated, deliberate act of destruction ( I am assuming a
child
>> under the age of 5 or 6) however if my 5 yr old child asked me a question
>> regarding a part of the feast I would be sure to find out exactly what he
>> was asking about and make sure that I kept an eye on him...as for my 2 yr
>> old she doesn't belong wandering about unobserved and I make sure that
she
>> does not.  Lord Ras, did anyone broach the subject with the parents of
the
>> little helper?
>>
>> Claricia , congratulations on your new little one....May he/she be a
>> healthy, happy cheerful baby and a bright star in your lives
>>
>> Dragonfyr
>> ***************************
>> I'm sorry to hear about the destruction of such an incredible piece
>> of work, but I think that you are unfair in casting blame on the
>> child.  It does not sound like she was performing wanton destruction,
>> but rather following through on something she misunderstood -- the
>> castle needed to be destroyed and she should help.
>>
>> I am the mother of a rather high-powered two year old, and his
>> actions are fully my responsibility.  If you tell him something is
>> going to be torn down, he will help you do so NOW unless restrained
>> or removed.  He is not being obnoxious or destructive, he's being
>> HELPFUL (in his limited understanding).  It is my duty to find other
>> activities for my helpful son until his help is wanted, or he is old
>> enough to choose for himself.
>>
>> Claricia Nyetgale
>> (feeling a little protective about children, having found out on the
>> weekend that she is expecting her second)
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