EW in training

[JoitheArtist]

I was at WalMart the other day to grab some stuff, and was waiting patiently in line for a register. There was a family in front of me, with two kids about ages 7 (boy) and 9 (girl). The girl was clutching some random princess plastic crap kit, and her mom was prying it out of her hands. This is what, 19 days before Christmas?
The girl refused to let go, demanding that her parents buy it for her. When they refused, and put the kit back, she slumped in the cart, pouting, and said, "This is why I hate you guys!"



Her parents didn't even react. Man, if I'd said something like that at her age, my butt would've been hauled out of that store so fast...

Geez...they sure start young!

[BookstoreEscapee]

But they didn't buy it, right? Ignoring her "I hate you" might be just the way to go. If it doesn't get a reaction she'll stop doing it.

[Andrew B.]

I agree with Bookstoreescapee. This is a rare case where ignoring the child's actions may be the correct course of action.

[Kheldarson]

I dunno...my mom at least would have informed me that that would be why I wasn't getting any presents that year...

[derangedperson]

But they didn't buy it, right? Ignoring her "I hate you" might be just the way to go. If it doesn't get a reaction she'll stop doing it.

Better to ignore it than give in. Nip the bad behavior in the bud.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Had that been me, I would have been smacked so hard and so fast I would have needed a new prescription for my glasses (I really liked Hot Wheels, okay?).

But then, when EQ and I were little we weren't as materialistic as the kids nowadays.



(Yes, little girls under the age of ten babbling on a hot pink Razor phones, I'm looking at YOU!)

[Bright_Star]

At that age, had I said what she said, my mother would have beat my ass BIG TIME in the store itself AND would have gotten another beating once we got home.

[Can I Help Your A$$?]

Yeah, because, like the thing I want most to see at Christmastime is a kid getting beaten. Because it really farking makes my workday fun. I know this, since I can't get the sight of a kid being abused in a store out of my head. Maybe it would make me feel better if I knew that the kid was acting like a kid targeted by television toy commercials.

Merry Christmas, and on earth peace and so on, unless the kid's a brat, right?

[RetailWorkhorse]

on earth peace

Are you saying you want the world to end?

'Cause I'm trying my best, I really am.

[Andrew B.]

Yeah, because, like the thing I want most to see at Christmastime is a kid getting beaten. Because it really farking makes my workday fun. I know this, since I can't get the sight of a kid being abused in a store out of my head. Maybe it would make me feel better if I knew that the kid was acting like a kid targeted by television toy commercials.

I think what they mean is a spanking. Most, but not all, would not consider that child abuse. I doubt she meant a full body beating that does real damage to the body.

[Misanthropical]

My kids have told me they hate me, didn't love me anymore, etc. My response is always the same "You'll get over it!"

I have never and would never smack them for saying it. There are worse things they could say, so I chose which battles to have with them and that is not one of the things to battle over.

[wagegoth]

I used to tell my kids I had Santa on speed dial on the phone. That worked for a while.

About the time they grew out of it, they also grew out of the sulking, well, mostly, my younger one still tries to pull the sulk once in a while.

[smileyeagle1021]

My kids have told me they hate me, didn't love me anymore, etc. My response is always the same "You'll get over it!"
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you'd like my mother, her response was "good, I must be doing something right then, come back in 20 years and tell me what"

[Supermarket Slave Girl]

[QUOTE=RetailWorkhorse;462199]Had that been me, I would have been smacked so hard and so fast I would have needed a new prescription for my glasses (I really liked Hot Wheels, okay?).

My 2 year old son loves, and I mean looovvvveess match box cars, he's got a collection of them, whenever he plays with them i keep a close eye on him, but he's never put one in his mouth.

[ShinyGreenApple]

They might well have said something after they got in the car, or home. That's how we always know when my Mom is mad; if she's yelling and screaming, you're in trouble. If she's gone completely quiet, you're in such deep shit that you'll still be digging yourself out of it a week later

I remember my nephew telling my parents "I hate you" a lot. They would just shrug it off and say that they loved him anyways, even if he did hate them. Getting mad is probably the reaction the kid is going for, anyways.