Anonymous
05/29/2019 21:27
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:
The right behavior to demonstrate to a 2 year old?! My two year old has no idea phones cost money. She doesn’t really understand that anything costs money or that money is limited. She’s 2. Yesterday she walked towards the pool with her towel and a funny look on her face. I said DO NOT put that towel in the pool. She dropped it in the pool without breaking eye contact. I rung it out and explained that now she didn’t have a towel to get warm and dry because she soaked hers. She blinked and me and then sat down and switched her water shoes from the correct feet to the wrong feet and then asked me for apple juice. But sure, if it had been some idiot’s phone she would have learned a lifelong lesson by me paying for it. Do you even have kids?
Your daughter is messing with you and you're along for the ride.
The right thing to do here has nothing to do with Larla understanding what costs money and how much. 2 year olds are more than capable of grasping that we don't take or move other people's stuff. They are quite vigilant about this themselves, at times, so this is really not beyond their cognitive capacity.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 21:04
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
The right behavior to demonstrate to a 2 year old?! My two year old has no idea phones cost money. She doesn’t really understand that anything costs money or that money is limited. She’s 2. Yesterday she walked towards the pool with her towel and a funny look on her face. I said DO NOT put that towel in the pool. She dropped it in the pool without breaking eye contact. I rung it out and explained that now she didn’t have a towel to get warm and dry because she soaked hers. She blinked and me and then sat down and switched her water shoes from the correct feet to the wrong feet and then asked me for apple juice. But sure, if it had been some idiot’s phone she would have learned a lifelong lesson by me paying for it. Do you even have kids?
Here's an idea, take the towel before she puts it in the pool and tell her no. If she tried it again, time out or go home. That's why kids do that stuff. No means no. Sounds like a parenting failure if you didn't supervise your kid.
I don’t really think you are qualified to give parenting advice.
Np...why? Bc that poster gave good advice and showed you a better way?
Anonymous
05/29/2019 20:58
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Parent of toddler offers to pay.
Phone owner declines the offer and pays herself.
End.
Phone owner declines the offer and pays herself.
End.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 20:54
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
The right behavior to demonstrate to a 2 year old?! My two year old has no idea phones cost money. She doesn’t really understand that anything costs money or that money is limited. She’s 2. Yesterday she walked towards the pool with her towel and a funny look on her face. I said DO NOT put that towel in the pool. She dropped it in the pool without breaking eye contact. I rung it out and explained that now she didn’t have a towel to get warm and dry because she soaked hers. She blinked and me and then sat down and switched her water shoes from the correct feet to the wrong feet and then asked me for apple juice. But sure, if it had been some idiot’s phone she would have learned a lifelong lesson by me paying for it. Do you even have kids?
Here's an idea, take the towel before she puts it in the pool and tell her no. If she tried it again, time out or go home. That's why kids do that stuff. No means no. Sounds like a parenting failure if you didn't supervise your kid.
I don’t really think you are qualified to give parenting advice.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 20:53
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
OP wasn't about modeling good behavior. It was about money. Pay up
Well, yeah. If you break something, you pay for it. Duh!
And then you will graciously decline. I'm sure.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 20:51
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
The right behavior to demonstrate to a 2 year old?! My two year old has no idea phones cost money. She doesn’t really understand that anything costs money or that money is limited. She’s 2. Yesterday she walked towards the pool with her towel and a funny look on her face. I said DO NOT put that towel in the pool. She dropped it in the pool without breaking eye contact. I rung it out and explained that now she didn’t have a towel to get warm and dry because she soaked hers. She blinked and me and then sat down and switched her water shoes from the correct feet to the wrong feet and then asked me for apple juice. But sure, if it had been some idiot’s phone she would have learned a lifelong lesson by me paying for it. Do you even have kids?
+1
Your two year old is not learning a life lesson by you paying for it.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 20:50
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
The right behavior to demonstrate to a 2 year old?! My two year old has no idea phones cost money. She doesn’t really understand that anything costs money or that money is limited. She’s 2. Yesterday she walked towards the pool with her towel and a funny look on her face. I said DO NOT put that towel in the pool. She dropped it in the pool without breaking eye contact. I rung it out and explained that now she didn’t have a towel to get warm and dry because she soaked hers. She blinked and me and then sat down and switched her water shoes from the correct feet to the wrong feet and then asked me for apple juice. But sure, if it had been some idiot’s phone she would have learned a lifelong lesson by me paying for it. Do you even have kids?
Here's an idea, take the towel before she puts it in the pool and tell her no. If she tried it again, time out or go home. That's why kids do that stuff. No means no. Sounds like a parenting failure if you didn't supervise your kid.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 20:37
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Most people don’t have $500-1000 to replace someone’s phone. I’m sure the mom was mortified. But it might be the difference between making rent that month or not. Sure, I’m an ideal world we all have enough and the mom of the kid offers to pay... but also the phone owner would be gracious and not accept.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 20:37
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
The right behavior to demonstrate to a 2 year old?! My two year old has no idea phones cost money. She doesn’t really understand that anything costs money or that money is limited. She’s 2. Yesterday she walked towards the pool with her towel and a funny look on her face. I said DO NOT put that towel in the pool. She dropped it in the pool without breaking eye contact. I rung it out and explained that now she didn’t have a towel to get warm and dry because she soaked hers. She blinked and me and then sat down and switched her water shoes from the correct feet to the wrong feet and then asked me for apple juice. But sure, if it had been some idiot’s phone she would have learned a lifelong lesson by me paying for it. Do you even have kids?
So your child is a model for every child? Yeah my child doesn’t act like yours.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 20:30
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
The right behavior to demonstrate to a 2 year old?! My two year old has no idea phones cost money. She doesn’t really understand that anything costs money or that money is limited. She’s 2. Yesterday she walked towards the pool with her towel and a funny look on her face. I said DO NOT put that towel in the pool. She dropped it in the pool without breaking eye contact. I rung it out and explained that now she didn’t have a towel to get warm and dry because she soaked hers. She blinked and me and then sat down and switched her water shoes from the correct feet to the wrong feet and then asked me for apple juice. But sure, if it had been some idiot’s phone she would have learned a lifelong lesson by me paying for it. Do you even have kids?
Anonymous
05/29/2019 20:10
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
OP wasn't about modeling good behavior. It was about money. Pay up
Well, yeah. If you break something, you pay for it. Duh!
Anonymous
05/29/2019 19:59
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
OP wasn't about modeling good behavior. It was about money. Pay up
Anonymous
05/29/2019 19:57
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Actually I think most people who leave their phones in dangerous places (like on the side of a kiddie pool) don't expect others to replace it. They know they were making risky choices.
This doesn’t seem to be getting through: has nothing to do with what the phone owner expects. It is about what is the right behavior to show the child. The right behavior is we broke it, so we take responsibility for it.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 19:54
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Word.
This is a two year old.
And what are you saying about that? My 2 year old was constantly noticing things I would prefer he hadn’t.
Anonymous
05/29/2019 19:01
Subject: Who pays, preschooler threw phone in pool
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The real issue is: what example do you set for your impressionable child? The answer is: when we destroy someone else’s stuff, we take responsibility for that. (Or do y’all want your kid to see you arguing the fine points about how close the phone was to the pool? Oy.)
Word.
This is a two year old.