sorry, but I am not talking about a swing. I am talking about a toy. That said, I would not give up my childs swing time for someone else. Too damn bad. I will get off the swing when my child is tired of swinging. I hate when parents, nannies hang around like a hyenna for something we are doing, swinging, sand box toys, whatever. GO AWAY!
Hover over some other toy. Bring your own toy if it bothers you that your child can not take what mine is playing with. I don't let mine take yours either. Should we share the snacks too. That is so annoying, as soon as you bring out a snack, SOME of the kids drool over your child. Why should that not be fair game too. Whats mine is mine, and whats yours is mine too. No way would I teach my child that.

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Anonymous wrote:Regarding the "sharing" post - I guess it depends on what is being played with. If the child is playing with their own toys and another mom thinks their child will get a turn, then maybe she should find her child another toy. But if a child is playing with something public (a toy at a shared play area) then yes, the mom with the kid that has it first should teach her child to share with the kid that is obviously wanting a turn.

We all take turns, don't we? I saw that the (seemingly nasty and not sharing mom) had written that we don't share our own houses, jackets, cars, whatever. But we DO share public telephones, seats, gas pumps, whatever (having a hard time thinking of adult public "shared" things - but you get my point)

Sorry, but I just don't agree, I tdon't see the point in making a child give up a toy he is playing with so someone else can play with it. I have never done it that way and never will. It is not just about the other child, if my child wants a toy someone else had, too bad, find some thing else. Find a rock, what ever. They have no problem with it. I think it takes away the anxiety of having some kid hanging out waiting for someone to say, okay jr's turn. Who ever thought of that anyway. Public or not. That is just my on opinion and I am sticking with it.

Sorry, but if you are at the park, that swing does not belong to you, or any other kid at the park. Turns need to be taken. When you go to the gym, do you lay claim to just one treadmill, and one treadmill only? If you have been jogging for two hours, and feel like you could be done, do you just stay on it longer so that you don't have to share? Kids do that with swings and toys, and it is our job as parents to teach them that they need to take turns. Sure that doesn't mean your child needs to stop playing with something right away, but if it is a public item, he has no claim to it, and should only have it for a limited time.

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Anonymous wrote:Moms who push the princess the crap to their girls and then exclaim how their darly daughter just biologically and naturally chooses the pink frilly stuff while their darly son just naturally chooses the trucks!

This made me giggle. Not because of your comment, I completely agree with it, but because of my life. I hate all things girly, and yet my DD refuses to wear pants (I think I own two skirts), and loves pink and purple. Her brother feels the same way, and he sleeps in pink and purple night gowns.

I love this post too. I notice that a lot of little girls in my neighborhood wear very expensive dress-up ballet tutu skirts to the PARK. With sequined shoes and tiaras. They're in the sandboxes in these outfits. I kid you not.

I think these moms have no choice. My daughter would rather wear nothing than put on a dress, my little boy loves to play dress up. I think there are some real girly girls out there, has nothing to do with the moms. I would love love love my daughter to wear a dress. But, not happening this year.

All the moms who are currently on the epidural/elective c-section board lecturing us poor c-section moms on how we were duped by the medical community.

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Anonymous wrote:Moms who push the princess the crap to their girls and then exclaim how their darly daughter just biologically and naturally chooses the pink frilly stuff while their darly son just naturally chooses the trucks!

This made me giggle. Not because of your comment, I completely agree with it, but because of my life. I hate all things girly, and yet my DD refuses to wear pants (I think I own two skirts), and loves pink and purple. Her brother feels the same way, and he sleeps in pink and purple night gowns.

I love this post too. I notice that a lot of little girls in my neighborhood wear very expensive dress-up ballet tutu skirts to the PARK. With sequined shoes and tiaras. They're in the sandboxes in these outfits. I kid you not.

Anonymous wrote:Moms who don't read the newspaper and are currently unaware of the world outside of the playground. Well, they don't annoy me, I just find them boring. Sadly, this seems to be most moms I meet. Sigh.

read a newspaper, when do you have time to read a paper? I would love to know (maybe) what is happening in the world, just like I would like to listen to music that doesn't teach the abc's or rhymes, but this is my life now. Maybe those of us that don't have time for that sort of thing find you boring.

Anonymous wrote:Moms who push the princess the crap to their girls and then exclaim how their darly daughter just biologically and naturally chooses the pink frilly stuff while their darly son just naturally chooses the trucks!

This made me giggle. Not because of your comment, I completely agree with it, but because of my life. I hate all things girly, and yet my DD refuses to wear pants (I think I own two skirts), and loves pink and purple. Her brother feels the same way, and he sleeps in pink and purple night gowns.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you 20:39!

18:47 here....you said much better than me what I was trying to say (I referred to a "shared public place") and you illustrated with swings at the park. That is what I was trying to say - that these things at a public place are for sharing. I was really taken aback by all the posters that still jumped on that and started to think that maybe there was something wrong with me for thinking we should all share these things. I appreciate you wording it better (and as for adult things, what about the gym? We share equipment at the gym, don't we? Who doesn't hate the guy/girl that hogs up the abductor reading the paper inbetween sets instead of being conscious enough to let you work in? Well, I think those people are rude anyway....)

Yes, I agree too. From the beginning of time, moms have tried to teach their children to share and take turns.

Moms who have easy babies and attribute it to their superior parenting philosophy (whatever that may be) instead of the kid's personality.

Thank you 20:39!

18:47 here....you said much better than me what I was trying to say (I referred to a "shared public place") and you illustrated with swings at the park. That is what I was trying to say - that these things at a public place are for sharing. I was really taken aback by all the posters that still jumped on that and started to think that maybe there was something wrong with me for thinking we should all share these things. I appreciate you wording it better (and as for adult things, what about the gym? We share equipment at the gym, don't we? Who doesn't hate the guy/girl that hogs up the abductor reading the paper inbetween sets instead of being conscious enough to let you work in? Well, I think those people are rude anyway....)

Moms who act like CIO is child abuse and that everyone should co-sleep until their kids go to college.

Moms who don't read the newspaper and are currently unaware of the world outside of the playground. Well, they don't annoy me, I just find them boring. Sadly, this seems to be most moms I meet. Sigh.

19:16 - great point! Sharing is great, but some kids are just brats and think that they have a right to take whatever they want. Some self-control is an important lesson.

19:25/20:46 - you are hilarious!!! LMAO!

This post is a great diversion and made me laugh after a seriously crappy day! Thank you!

My 2 cents:

1 - Mothers who look at me with pity in their eyes and say, "Oh your daughter is so small. I am sure she will catch up." Sorry - growth chart percentiles mean that some kid has to be in the 10th percentile! DD is bigger than I was at that age. She has always been that way and is fine. Don't feel sorry for me or her.

2 - Parents who don't control their children on airplanes and are stupid enough not to bring a bottle or a pacifier. Of course your kid is screaming - he/she needs to suck to stop their ears from hurting!

3 - Mothers who are always saying, "Time for the next one!" - this really grosses me out. It is almost like saying, "Go hop in the sack and f*** your husband!"

4 - Mothers who always say that their child is "gifted" but really their child is just smart enough to figure out how to terrorize their parents. Last time I checked, "gifted" does not mean brat. Check out the "King of the Hill" episode with the gifted child who terrorizes Hank - hilarious.


Thanks for the funnies!

I'm 19:25, and I agree with you on the swing, PP. If it's a communal thing, such as a swing, then absolutely, taking turns is a necessity and only fair. I'm referring to things such as toys that someone else's child wants to play with only because my child has it.

But as long as I'm here, let me add: moms who have to repetitively (and pretentiously) tell me that they live in "North Potomac" or "North Bethesda." It's "Gaithersburg" and "Rockville." I know this, you know this, and pseudo town names don't change it (nor do I care, so stop telling me).

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Anonymous wrote:Moms who say to their child when mine is playing with something, "you will get a turn in a minute". "Share". My anwer is no you want, I am not making my child put down the toy he is playing with so yours can play with it, find another toy, shovel, piece of chalk or what ever it is. HE IS NOT SHARING!

My Mom had an argument with my SIL at a party we had once about this. My SIL's daughter wanted to play with our dog while my nephew was already playing with him. Keep in mind, my neice NEVER wanted to play with our dog really before, but now she did because he was playing with him. My nephew always plays with the dog. So, my neice was upset because he was playing with the dog. Her Mom told her that she couldn't play with him because someone else was playing with him....they would count to 10 and then she could play with him and they would switch off. My Mom said to her "What are you doing?". SIL says "What? You don't want him to learn to share?" My Mom said "You're not teaching her to share. You're teaching her that if she waits 10 seconds, she can have anything she wants".

I think the conversation ended there!

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