tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post3829667694908504554..comments2023-10-21T07:13:39.906-04:00Comments on All Stace, All the Time: Sorry, but that kid is a dealbreaker...StaceyC4http://www.blogger.com/profile/01580337266163999623noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-53846437113453928672011-04-04T16:14:07.260-04:002011-04-04T16:14:07.260-04:00I'm with you.. I think kids actually welcome ...I'm with you.. I think kids actually welcome boundaries. And if I've paid for a sitter there is no way I'm listening to someone elses kids. lol. just sayinsiteseerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695859504829821055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-28790662116261153842011-04-02T12:37:07.203-04:002011-04-02T12:37:07.203-04:00We actually just had a parenting seminar and tried...We actually just had a parenting seminar and tried to explain this same concept to people in our session. You should have seen the looks on some of their faces when we told them that their kid was not the most important thing in the world, and that the kids should not be the most important member of the family or allowed to make decisions for themselves before they're school aged.<br /><br />Geez - you'd think we told them to put them in a box and mail them to a foreign country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-70642687756889943142011-04-01T12:13:21.695-04:002011-04-01T12:13:21.695-04:00I totally agree with you. OMG, I can't believe...I totally agree with you. OMG, I can't believe the kid was still up. Was this a school night? Geez, how rude. That's one reason I don't see one of my best girlfriends on the weekends that I don't have my children. She has her daughter 99 percent of the time when I don't have mine, and she's in the same age group, so I don't want to play, correct, interact with her when I want adult time.<br /><br />In the early 90s I had a close girlfriend who was married and we got pregnant around the same time. She was a month behind me. I actually stopped spending a lot of time with her because of her son. He pretty much ran things and she "let the kids stay up late" when my daughter was over. They were about 1 or 2 years old at the time. She let him eat whatever and do whatever. After one sleepover where my daughter came back with bags under her eyes (AS A TODDLER!) I didn't let her spend the night again.<br /><br />You're right about the way we grew up when adults around. Even if we were up that late; we'd hear the what-to-for if we interrupted or involved ourselves in parenting time. I remember lots of times going to bed at my cousin's house 'cause the adults wanted their time.<br /><br />Oh well, you'll meet another nice couple who has parenting etiquette. :-)Petulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11246335892746223347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-91957694597392366842011-03-31T16:26:43.998-04:002011-03-31T16:26:43.998-04:00I'm right with you. My kid's always knew t...I'm right with you. My kid's always knew there place when we had people over. Now as teens they just take off. They know.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363800226282464038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-90598080185561726282011-03-31T09:09:40.585-04:002011-03-31T09:09:40.585-04:00I am SO in your corner, Stacey. I have 3 boys age...I am SO in your corner, Stacey. I have 3 boys ages 13, 7 and 5 and they know these are the rules too. That doesn't mean they don't TRY periodically but all in all, we arrange for a sitter or if we're hosting at our house, they are in their rooms, fed and ready for bed before our guests arrive. <br /><br />Like you said, they have video games, TV, toys and each other. They know when adult company is over, it's not time to watch Sponge Bob or make everyone watch them build with their legos.<br /><br />I don't blame you one bit for not wanting to hang out there again.Tara Beaulieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797830075678646407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-3650487683757782892011-03-31T08:15:39.364-04:002011-03-31T08:15:39.364-04:00I believe you are right all the way Stace. You can...I believe you are right all the way Stace. You can't be with someone that can not control their kids. I went up to Maine one time to visit my brother and brought my two girls. We were in the computer room talking and my brother just stopped. Where are the kids. I told him downstairs playing or watching TV.He couldn't believe how well mannered they were. We expect it of them and they know it. Let them know right off what is expected out of them and everyone will be happier.<br />Way to go.Grampyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650185767327400312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-40632650301119197952011-03-31T07:49:48.633-04:002011-03-31T07:49:48.633-04:00I'm with ya on this one, Stacey.
Before we h...I'm with ya on this one, Stacey. <br /><br />Before we had kids, we had friends who had a 3 year old daughter. They expected me to sit next to her at dinner, help her with her food, and actually demanded that I brush her teeth for her and read her a bedtime story at their house!! <br /><br />When I think back on this, I wonder what the hell I was thinking being roped into that crud. I would never have done that to anyone with my kids. <br /><br />Yeah, I think I would have left when the kid said that you were there too long already. I would have agreed and left.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042143254001890567noreply@blogger.com