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A few Times articles...
Nov. 9th, 2005 07:30 pm
The can't-miss article on the Sign in the Chicago Coffee Shop about Behaving Properly.
( A sad state of affairs when saying that everyone has to behave appropriately is tantamount to hating children.... )
An article on sleeping
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That's it. I really only posted this for the first one.
Y'know, to get back to that, people often tell me that Ana behaves well. I don't see that - indeed, compared to how well she behaves with her dad, her behaviour with me is almost bratty! (Not really, but she does behave beautifully for her dad.) Even without the comparison, I still don't see it - I see her behaviour as perfectly appropriate for a child her age. Maybe I really *do* just have higher standards than most people. Which is sad. If she were to act up in public, I guarantee, whoever is with her leaves. I've even threatened to get off busses if she didn't quiet down and stop yelling. (Fortunately, she did, because I really didn't want to have to walk to the boat carrying a screaming or sullen toddler.) I don't even accept that sort of behaviour in child-centered places like the children's museum, so you can be certain nobody accepts it in places like a coffee shop. And our reward for being stringent with her behaviour is that we can take her out, even up to her bedtime, to actual, adult restaurants and eat a nice meal. See how that works? Everybody's happy!
( A sad state of affairs when saying that everyone has to behave appropriately is tantamount to hating children.... )
An article on sleeping
( Read more... )
That's it. I really only posted this for the first one.
Y'know, to get back to that, people often tell me that Ana behaves well. I don't see that - indeed, compared to how well she behaves with her dad, her behaviour with me is almost bratty! (Not really, but she does behave beautifully for her dad.) Even without the comparison, I still don't see it - I see her behaviour as perfectly appropriate for a child her age. Maybe I really *do* just have higher standards than most people. Which is sad. If she were to act up in public, I guarantee, whoever is with her leaves. I've even threatened to get off busses if she didn't quiet down and stop yelling. (Fortunately, she did, because I really didn't want to have to walk to the boat carrying a screaming or sullen toddler.) I don't even accept that sort of behaviour in child-centered places like the children's museum, so you can be certain nobody accepts it in places like a coffee shop. And our reward for being stringent with her behaviour is that we can take her out, even up to her bedtime, to actual, adult restaurants and eat a nice meal. See how that works? Everybody's happy!
