Link-hopping reminded me of something.

[conuly]

See, when I was, say, three, we were having money troubles of one form or another. This all ended in my mom staying up late, counting up all our pennies to pay the rent.

And you know how you count pennies, first you dump them out, then you stack them neatly, *then* you count them, right? So she'd finished her stacking, and it was dawn, and she sat down for a bit....

Well, I don't know the exact timeline, but it seems somebody in my family came downstairs, saw all these pennies stacked neatly on the floor, shouted "PENNIES!" and ran through them all!

_{I deny all knowledge of these events}

So I was quite amused at this story of the kid who destroyed the sand mandala. Not too concerned, though - it took them two days to get halfway done, they had three days left, and it's only made to be destroyed anyway. Besides, they weren't upset at it, or at least they don't admit to being upset at it.

Comments

[peebs1701.livejournal.com]

A testament to the impermanence of things. It's almost appropriate.

[wodhaund.livejournal.com]

That's really amusing, actually. *giggle*

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I would killkillKILL my child, but at that age they were usually a lot closer to me/holding my hand. Except K. She wasn't a runner. F would prefer to be so close you wuold think he wanted to crawl back in, and T, well...

He's well behaved normally but if he runs off he won't answer to his name always, so yeah, he stays close. ;)

Did you watch the video too?

[zannechaos.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I think that story is a testament to people's sense of entitlement and lack of respect.

The fact it was temporary doesn't mean that child and its mother were completely disrespectful, to the monks and other people. And the fact that the mother took the kid out without ever owning up to it? That's the kind of person who lets her child break things in stores or ruin things and spill things and sneak out before an employee catches them because "s/he's just a chyyyyuld!"

[conuly]

Mmmm...

The kid probably didn't know better - and, at his age, no matter what you do, even if he knows better, he might not have the control to behave.

As for his mom, I'll agree his mom should have had a hand on him, but sometimes it happens that you don't. And I can certainly understand the impulse to drag your kid away and hope nobody notices it was you! Not because of the chy-uld bit, but because it's embarrassing.

Though you're probably right on that account - nowadays, even with the impulse, I know I'd drag Ana or the baby up to say sorry (or, in the baby's case, so *I* could say sorry), and explain to them why they Should Not Have Done That.

[peebs1701.livejournal.com]

A testament to the impermanence of things. It's almost appropriate.

[wodhaund.livejournal.com]

That's really amusing, actually. *giggle*

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I would killkillKILL my child, but at that age they were usually a lot closer to me/holding my hand. Except K. She wasn't a runner. F would prefer to be so close you wuold think he wanted to crawl back in, and T, well...

He's well behaved normally but if he runs off he won't answer to his name always, so yeah, he stays close. ;)

Did you watch the video too?

[zannechaos.livejournal.com]

Frankly, I think that story is a testament to people's sense of entitlement and lack of respect.

The fact it was temporary doesn't mean that child and its mother were completely disrespectful, to the monks and other people. And the fact that the mother took the kid out without ever owning up to it? That's the kind of person who lets her child break things in stores or ruin things and spill things and sneak out before an employee catches them because "s/he's just a chyyyyuld!"

[conuly]

Mmmm...

The kid probably didn't know better - and, at his age, no matter what you do, even if he knows better, he might not have the control to behave.

As for his mom, I'll agree his mom should have had a hand on him, but sometimes it happens that you don't. And I can certainly understand the impulse to drag your kid away and hope nobody notices it was you! Not because of the chy-uld bit, but because it's embarrassing.

Though you're probably right on that account - nowadays, even with the impulse, I know I'd drag Ana or the baby up to say sorry (or, in the baby's case, so *I* could say sorry), and explain to them why they Should Not Have Done That.