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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  Not only is it illegal in VA (don't flame me it is in the statutes), but it teaches my DC to expect immediate gratification.
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OP again.  This is why we don't do it (besides the fact that it's illegal and somewhat weird to me that you're consuming something that's not yet yours - surprised the stores are ok with this but anyway) - kids can wait and need to learn to wait.  Sure I've been in the store a few times when they've been whining, but they can wait.  I suppose if one of them threw a huge tantrum or something, we would have just left the store.  I just don't get that your kid can't wait 20 minutes without eating.[/quote]

I often have to take my two girls, ages 3 and 5, on a large shopping mission. It isn't always a short 10-20 minutes worth of shopping.  I wish it weren't so, but I work full-time and very often over-time as well.  So sometimes, in the evening or on the weekend, we are at the store sometimes an hour, sometimes a bit longer.  So yes, asking them to wait that long is hard.  Not to mention going up to wait in a long line to pay for the crackers or whatever seriously makes my long grocery trip even longer.  [/quote]

I guess this is a whole 'nother conversation, but I'm the OP and I work full-time too (so does DH).  And I don't think I've ever had a shopping trip that lasted an entire hour.  And if I did, I'd probably at least try to leave the kids at home.  But even so, your kids can't wait an hour without eating?[/quote]

No, sometimes they can't wait an hour to eat.  If I have to work sometimes 6 days out of the week, and the one day I have off, we need some food at the grocery store, then I don't want to leave my kids home.  We make an adventure out of going to the store together, and if it works out better for them to eat a couple crackers while doing that, then I don't see the problem with it.  [/quote]

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