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Post by wineallthetime on Dec 21, 2018 6:20:00 GMT -6
Shyly raises hand to going to things as a family. In my defence, my 2.5yo is very well behaved and we’d leave if she was acting up. We would not go to every single swim class all together, but the first/last 🤷🏼♀️. We go to stuff as a family too, like we all went to all of C's soccer games and basketball games and stuff. But weekly practices where my kids were miserable? We'd split up. |
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Post by nam2013 on Dec 21, 2018 6:41:26 GMT -6
Shyly raises hand to going to things as a family. In my defence, my 2.5yo is very well behaved and we’d leave if she was acting up. We would not go to every single swim class all together, but the first/last 🤷🏼♀️. We go to stuff as a family too, like we all went to all of C's soccer games and basketball games and stuff. But weekly practices where my kids were miserable? We'd split up. Absolutely! |
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Post by dapostrophe on Dec 21, 2018 7:34:23 GMT -6
We go as a family to things or split up depending on the day/situation. I don't really worry about whether someone thinks I should have left my kids home or not, but I am aware we are a large family and take pains to be considerate of others. Curious why the kid was miserable. Typically a few snacks or toys is all it takes to make my kids happy just about anywhere.
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Post by wedding on Dec 21, 2018 8:00:58 GMT -6
To be clear I am not criticizing going to things as a family. I am criticizing bringing a younger child that is continually unhappy doing it and distracts others. It’s not fair to that child, the kids trying to focus in class, and the person sitting next to you listening to the whining. dapostrophe at that age for C he would be the same. He couldn’t and sometimes still can’t sit still and no amount of snacks or screen time would have been enough. I think she just wants to play and not sit around. |
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Post by dapostrophe on Dec 21, 2018 8:29:26 GMT -6
dapostrophe at that age for C he would be the same. He couldn’t and sometimes still can’t sit still and no amount of snacks or screen time would have been enough. I think she just wants to play and not sit around. Makes sense. I have a few wall climbers too, so I totally get this 😉 |
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Post by joelies on Dec 21, 2018 8:39:02 GMT -6
Shyly raises hand to going to things as a family. In my defence, my 2.5yo is very well behaved and we’d leave if she was acting up. We would not go to every single swim class all together, but the first/last 🤷🏼♀️. We do as well, but we either bring a 2nd car so one of us can take Chase home or leave the premises to go for a walk or otherwise defuse if he's losing it. Chase and I used to have a ball exploring the skating rink together during Colin's lessons. It was a double decker rink so we'd spent a lot of time climbing the stairs and watching hockey games on the 2nd floor. He'd only tolerate watching Colin for 5-10 minutes, so that's what we'd do. |
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Post by jewels on Dec 21, 2018 11:47:51 GMT -6
We are somewhere in the middle between going as a family or splitting up. I often have no choice but to bring B to S things when MH is OOT. IF it's something I think B will be miserable at, I'll usually just choose not to go. When MH is around we will often both go to things like soccer practice, but one of us usually spends half the time running after B. Hell no to an enclosed space where he's miserable week after week!
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