Posted on 02/05/2016 4:56:59 AM PST by daniel1212
I saw a woman leaving the YMCA recently with a baby strapped to her chest. She had a second, slightly larger baby in a stroller. And she had a tantrum-throwing three-year-old holding her hand. She was infested with small children. I couldn't help but stare...
The three-year-old was trying to make a scene. I say "trying to make a scene" because he was waging war against his mother, and she was refusing to participate. With a steady gait and an even expression, she ignored him.
It was the most spectacular moment in parenting I have ever seen. This woman, who I imagine lives in a shoe, should teach a seminar.
The three-year-old kept saying "You're so mean to me," over and over again. I tried to think back to all of the things I would have said in this situation when I had toddlers to defend myself against. "I'm mean??" I would have started. "You're the one who..." But this mother said nothing. And without a reaction from his mother, this kid was firing blanks.
He tried a new approach. "I'm freezing. I don't even have any pockets." To which his mother calmly responded, "Oh, that's too bad. You should have brought a jacket with pockets."...
The key to our parking lot heroine's success is that she was decidedly not self-conscious. She was aware that I had stopped in my tracks to watch this scene, riveted. But in the same way that she wasn't going to hand her power over to her three-year-old, she wasn't going to hand it over to me either...
As they got in the car, the child threatened, "When we get home I'm going to my room!" His mother replied, "I think that's a wonderful idea."
Checkmate.
(Excerpt) Read more at theweek.com ...
If the mom was a liberal pol she would... (add your reply)
If the mom was a liberal pol she would have said “Wait until your dads get home” or “I should have aborted you just like your other six brothers and sisters”
It’s time to treat Obozo like the mother handled her toddler.
“He threw a tantrum. She ignored him”
If Trump wins the Republican nomination, this could be a headline for a news report about a Trump vs Clinton debate.
I quit reading when the stupid author said the woman was infested withcjildren
I can imagine what the comments would be (none are provided for on the source) if this were the Huffington Post or the like
There is a mom who had decided that while she will let her children be children, she isn’t raising children... she is raising full functioning adults.
Age 3, 13, 23 is all the same. Then it’s the spouse at age 33, 43, 53.... I want a cookie! Whaaaaaaaaa, you’re so meeeeeeeeean!
Timely post. I just finished a comparable chapter on dealing with tantrum adults in the must-read book “The Gift Of Fear”.
Yes, that is a sad choice of a word. Try "blessed." But this is consistent with today's contraceptive country with 1.7 children and 4 times as many pets as kids. On the other extreme, I have a energetic working 63 year old Costa Rican neighbor, whose kids work as well, who is the youngest of 18 kids by one mom, who herself was one of 24 children, all from one (very busy) mom. And most all of whom he said lived to about 90 years old! Glory to God.
Yes, I didn’t much care for that comparison, as I had 3 boys in 4 years and at times it was very trying. I never felt “infested”.
Yes a poor choice. I think the tone of the article was admiring, and I think the choice of “infesting” was intended more to convey that this woman was dealing with extenuating circumstance that maybe the author or someone else would consider extreme, but one with she handled rather routinely.
If she was a lib, Dad wouldn't be anywhere to be found.
I got that used on me a couple times growing up. Of course, back then that really meant something. Usually involving a belt and an excruciatingly long lecture. ;-)
“Infested”
Oh, c'mon - that was funny.
It was the most spectacular moment in parenting I have ever seen.”
Making a virtue out of a necessity....
Aside from a few odd images, the one was being a lousy kid (actually normal at three).
Or the reverse wording - SHE threw a tantrum, HE ignored her.
I cannot foresee any circumstance where Trump’s temper outshines Hillary’s.
Bingo! A phrase My wife and I repeated to our Daughter many times. We are raising you to be a productive, self reliant Adult.
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