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Would you leave your baby in a car?

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  • #102
    bp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭bp


    FortySeven wrote: »
    You are letting a 3 year old dictate what you do? You're going to have fun when they're a teenager.

    Yes I do! I pick my battles and sometimes they win!!!! I put on the tv sometimes when trying to cook (giving in), I buy a scone in a supermarket the odd time to stop the screaming and allow the rest of the shop have some peace etc


  • #103
    implausible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭implausible


    FortySeven wrote: »
    You are letting a 3 year old dictate what you do? You're going to have fun when they're a teenager.

    From the minute they're born, like it or not, they 'dictate' what you do, in some way or another. Mine 'dictated' my sleeping and waking times for quite a while....:rolleyes:

    This does not sound like something a parent would say, but I'll stand corrected if it is.


  • #104
    FortySeven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭FortySeven


    implausible wrote: »
    From the minute they're born, like it or not, they 'dictate' what you do, in some way or another. Mine 'dictated' my sleeping and waking times for quite a while....:rolleyes:

    This does not sound like something a parent would say, but I'll stand corrected if it is.

    3 kids, was a full time father for them. 1 was a teen, 1 was a toddler and 1 was a baby.

    The broken sleep is one thing, can't be helped. Tantrums? They don't do it if it doesn't get them what they want. Giving in to children is a slippery slope, especially if tantruming is involved.

    To me, that is the definition of parenting. Letting them do what they want is the opposite.


  • #105
    implausible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,937 ✭✭✭implausible


    FortySeven wrote: »
    3 kids, was a full time father for them. 1 was a teen, 1 was a toddler and 1 was a baby.

    The broken sleep is one thing, can't be helped. Tantrums? They don't do it if it doesn't get them what they want. Giving in to children is a slippery slope, especially if tantruming is involved.

    To me, that is the definition of parenting. Letting them do what they want is the opposite.

    Apologies then, but then you'll know that you can't fight and win every battle with them. Some things just aren't worth the hassle, like my four year old's epic War on Carrots or the other poster's child's refusal to go into the childminder's. If a child is throwing tantrums about lots of things, you have a problem, but if it's just one thing that upsets them, then it doesn't mean they'll turn into nightmare teenagers.


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