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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3. There was the one on the bus, when an old lady gestured for me to take her off her seat so the lady could sit down. So I put her on my lap, and she scream-cried hysterically, "That was MY seat," for the rest of the ride. Lesson learned: the baby thinks she's a real person. Ever since then, I ask her if she'd like to sit on my lap so the other person can sit down. When she says no, which she sometimes does, I give up my seat. [/quote]
OK, so admittedly I don't have kids, but wouldn't this be an opportunity to teach her she can't always get what she wants?[/quote]

Nope, for a few reasons. 1. She had JUST turned 2, so telling a hysterically crying demon-child "Well, sometimes you just can't get what you want!" was not going to do anything helpful. 2. I understood her point. She'd walked onto the bus herself, she'd picked out her seat, she'd climbed onto it, and it was her seat. That lady was, in her mind, just taking away her seat, and I was allowing it. 3. She already knew (and knows) she can't always get what she wants. She's reminded of this every weekday morning when I leave for work. [/quote]

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