http://parentalwisdom.com/blog/?p=1280 Helping parents raise good people. Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:00:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://parentalwisdom.com/blog/?p=1280#comment-27969 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:34:29 +0000 http://parentalwisdom.com/blog/?p=1280#comment-27969 I LOVE this post! Too many times I see weary moms bribing and cajoling their children into eating their meals or leaving the playground, etc. An acquaintance of mine lets her children “graze” from one meal to the next and then can’t figure out why they won’t sit down and eat the family dinner. She justifies it to company by saying “well, you can’t force a child to sit and eat their meals”. My son threw a giant temper tantrum while leaving a playground only once. The next two times he asked to go, I said No and explained why…because of that awful tantrum he threw. I haven’t had any issues leaving playgrounds since. My daughter had a meltdown in the grocery store and I left a carriage full of food in the aisle to remove her from the store – it never happened again. I’d love to see parents take control again with more firm “No” answers and mean them.

]]> http://parentalwisdom.com/blog/?p=1280#comment-27545 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:01:32 +0000 http://parentalwisdom.com/blog/?p=1280#comment-27545 .
I Love this…as I Love all of your articles… I sometimes wish we could go way back…maybe not quite as severe as ‘Leave it to Beaver’…..but almost!!!
I am so concerned about the next generations…. I spoke to someone the other day…who said she works in a school system and parents call in daily, if there child misses a grade (not only by 1 point…but even 4 or 5 points) and they will argue or speak to someone that has a connection to get that grade changed…
same thing to get them on that team or into some class… How will kids function when in college or out into the real world…They are not learning to cope (as I’ve heard from so many adults recently) which is another reason for some of the tragic events we hear about!…so parents are hurting them instead of helping!
Keep your words flowing…hope enough people will start hearing them!!!

]]> http://parentalwisdom.com/blog/?p=1280#comment-27544 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:00:25 +0000 http://parentalwisdom.com/blog/?p=1280#comment-27544 Dear Tina
I Love this…as I Love all of your articles… I sometimes wish we could go way back…maybe not quite as severe as ‘Leave it to Beaver’…..but almost!!!
I am so concerned about the next generations…. I spoke to someone the other day…who said she works in a school system and parents call in daily, if there child misses a grade (not only by 1 point…but even 4 or 5 points) and they will argue or speak to someone that has a connection to get that grade changed…
same thing to get them on that team or into some class… How will kids function when in college or out into the real world…They are not learning to cope (as I’ve heard from so many adults recently) which is another reason for some of the tragic events we hear about!…so parents are hurting them instead of helping!
Keep your words flowing…hope enough people will start hearing them!!!

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