Reply to Do you like grade schoolers/teens more now since you have one?

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Do you like grade schoolers/teens more now since you have one?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Older is 10 and yes, I can deal with them better now.

OTOH toddlers and preschooler parents annoy the crap out of me.[/quote]

Agreed, Mine are 13 and 9. They and their friends are delightful in many ways if you don't expect too much, which is generally a good rule of thumb when dealing with other people's children, no matter their age.

I love being around toddlers and preschoolers (although I wouldn't go so far as to say that I miss those ages!), but some of their parents drive me batty. Examples: still referring to yourself as "Mommy" and ending every sentence with a pleading "OK??" when your child is 5; using a stroller for a 4-year-old; allowing the child to eat only beige food, etc. And having raised my own babies at a time when everyone had phones (and then slowly graduated to smart phones) but they weren't quite so obsessed with them, I find it really sad to see so many parents and babysitters of babies and very young toddlers staring at their phones instead of talking to and playing with their children. I think we're ushering in an epidemic of developmental speech and language disorders.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics