veryvaried

yeah...that's me

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Location: Tremonton, Utah

I am an eternal procrastinator. My moto is...why do today what can be put off until tomorrow. I have been married for 16 years and I have three absolutely adorable children. I've discovered what I wanted to be when I grow up and I love doing it. What they say is true, if you love what you do you won't work another day in your life.

Saturday, June 11, 2005

well behaved

I rarely notice how well behaved my children are until I am around other peoples children and notice how poorly behaved other kids are. Generally in the privacy of my own home I yell, curse at and discipline my children way more than is necessary....leading to the notion that my children must misbehave often. My experience today made me feel much better about the ranting I endure at home.

Today I took the kids to McDonalds for lunch and to my surprise they ate their food prior to playing with the kids meal toy and running off to the jungle gym. (I suppose all the times I've forced them to sit and eat against their will is now paying off). Meanwhile a young boy, about my sons age, is running around, sitting at other people's tables, interrupting conversations of people he didn't know and tormenting the toddlers on the jungle gym. The guardian of this young boy is sitting talking loudly on her cell phone, which brings up a pet peeve I'll have to discuss in a later post, to God knows who. (I'm sure it was a very important conversation, don't get me wrong, I just have a difficult time putting up with people who refuse put up with their own children). I wanted to reach out, grab the child and sit his ass down next to my children and explain to him the importance of manners. I controlled my urges, against my better judgment, and thanked my kids profusely for being so well behaved. I even gave them money to buy an ice cream.

I realize my choice of restaurants wasn't 5 star, but if a child can behave themselves in a fast food joint they are likely to behave anywhere (school, shopping, grandma's, etc.) Putting a parents mind greatly at ease.

All this has a point I promise.

People! Control your children. Yes even in McDonalds. The general public deserves peace and sanity as much as you. On the other hand, you could simply feed the child benadryl. This does wonders for behavior.

1 Comments:

Blogger Valerie said...

are we talking about the same kids who have to be beat into submission every night?
hehehe
benadryl never works for me... i always stick with tylenol.

4:44 PM  

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