Posted on 03/09/2012 1:01:01 PM PST by Former Fetus
‘58? that kid is 64 years old now :-P
I know why their ears are bothering them too and I know a cheep remedy! Bubble gum! Their ears are building up pressure and chewing on bubble gum gets your ears to “pop” naturally. I take bubble gum when I am going to high elevations or buildings like the Sears tower and have to ride those elevators. It releaves the pressure.
Gee a whole summer out in the country with horses, pigs, goats, a crick (only rich people had creeks) a woods to explore and a dozen of your cousins to run wild with, it was kid heaven on earth. Don't know why he was such a pain in the beginning.
Our Uncle finally finally had to play "Yankee Doodle" on his britches a couple times that summer before he began to behave like a reasonable human.
No food/drink at takeoff
They had to hold the child down with all their might, according to the report.
Uh...there’s more wrong here than just a toddler tantrum. I back Jet Blue. Can you imagine this little one running up and down the aisle the entire flight, the carts in the aisle etc.
As annoying as it can be, I have no problem with kids running amuk in the waiting area. It tuckers them out and gets the adrenlin expended. Then the white noise on the plane will put most to sleep for the flight...
From the Yahoo comments!
And the pilot said “DON’T MAKE ME TURN THIS PLANE AROUND!”
All it took from me or their mom was "the look" and whatever bad behavior was about to happen stopped...even at a early age..
Our secret: We had the unmitigated gall to train our children to behave correctly in public. Yes, they were made to understand what was acceptable behavior in public. We had a list of things you can't do and we expected them to remember and follow them
Back at the house or in the car we would make then understand there are consequences for bad behavior....and it wasn't going to sit in the corner with a "time out"
Their little world was not the center of the universe...
While raising our children we had three golden rules for the kids behavior that would be addressed harshly
1. Lying... absolutely forbidden. Lies are from the pit of hell
2. Raising your hand and striking a sibling. hands are for loving not anger
3. Throwing a temper tantrum
Ok # 3 seems pretty lame compared to #1 and #2....but a temper tantrum is really passive rebellion
Basically, your child is telling you, I am going to make your life hell until I get my way...or get bored trying to manipulate you..
Sorry, I can't live that way...especially with six kids
It was a bad situation. My 3 year old was barely potty trained and that was before the day of pullups. I had flown enough to know that we had a long time between taxiing and reaching cruising altitude and unbuckling the seat belts. She wasn’t going to make it! I called a flight attendant and she told me to take her to the lavatory. It was then that I heard the pilot make an announcement that he was pulling out of line because of 2 passengers who were not in their seats, buckled up. I don’t blame the other passengers, although the walk down the isle back to our seats was a nightmare, but to this day I still think that we would have been back in our seats way before our plane was to take off (there was a long line ahead of us). That’s what made me so upset, there was no common sense used, it was almost like saying “next time you will do different”. Yes, I did! I changed airlines!
I’m sure it was hard on you and if I was in your place I would have done the same. The pilot should have been content with you getting back quickly. your case is not similar to this woman’s at all..
Lying was out of the question, don't try it....worked well for me when I had to call the High school for a meeting with one of the teachers...everything she said to me I told her "I know my son has already told me". Teacher was shocked,
I then went on to tell her the whole problem, she didn't have to tell me another thing....Teacher was wrong all around, the counselor that was at the meeting had a hard time not smirking...and the problem got solved..
don't pick out one kid in the class to bully, especially if it was my kid and the easiest of the 4 boys to deal with...After she left the room, the counselor (who knew a couple of his older brothers) smiled and said "she needed that". I never raise my voice or got angry but she got the message that bully my son in class until he doesn't want to go there and you WILL hear from me again.....
The rest of the semester she backed off an left him alone...I would ask my son for and get daily reports... Had 4 boys in 6 years and if a fight started, I'd tell them to take it outside, cause I wasn't going to let them break up my furniture....that usually stopped the argument and shoving match...
Sounds like both you and I have had a good time raising a family....one of those son's is a freeper and they are all past their 44th birthday..
PS to my other post....you had 6, your wife had her hands full. I had 5 kids in 7 years,and wasn’t the type of person to say “wait until your father gets home”. If I had, they might not have survived....LOL
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