It takes a village, peopleThere is a social contract at the playground, and it starts at the swing set. You let your kid have his time two minutes, say, or at least until hes sick of it, or even if hes not and Ill make my kid wait her turn. Rotate, switch places, move on. Playgrounds get busy; so, surely, does being a mom. The unwritten rules of parenthood are sometimes the only way to keep the chaos of kids at bay ... barely, since we are talking about a hundred toddlers running around on concrete in the middle of the day here. (And lets not even talk about the heat.)
So, to the parent on Tuesday morning who pretended not to see your child cutting the line at my parks swings: I get it. Really, I do. It can be a real pain in the ass to discipline your kid, especially in public, where hes more likely to make a scene. But if youd prefer to neglect your parental duties, please dont feign outrage when I set your child straight. Or, more accurately, when I calmly told your son to get to the back because it wasnt his turn twice, actually, before he listened.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 17 hours ago.
So, to the parent on Tuesday morning who pretended not to see your child cutting the line at my parks swings: I get it. Really, I do. It can be a real pain in the ass to discipline your kid, especially in public, where hes more likely to make a scene. But if youd prefer to neglect your parental duties, please dont feign outrage when I set your child straight. Or, more accurately, when I calmly told your son to get to the back because it wasnt his turn twice, actually, before he listened.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 17 hours ago.