Posted on 04/06/2012 12:51:37 PM PDT by dennisw
Mom wanted to be kept anonymous for fear of being ostracized by friends, said there’s a group of parents in Park Slope who are trying to get the trucks banned. But this mom doesn’t agree. “People just need to say no,” “I say no to him all the time, and I feel his wrath. But he needs to hear that no.”
Pushcarts and trucks selling everything from Italian ice to Nestle Drumsticks begin circling the park’s Harmony Playground in the spring. For some parents getting their kids a cone come April is a tradition, but a few members of the Park Slope Parents online group just wish the ice cream trucks would go away. These parents are tired of listening to children cry, scream and throw tantrums when they’re denied a sugary ice cream.
“Along with the first truly beautiful day of the year, my son and I had our first ruined day at the playground,” A member of the group named Sarah wrote. “Two different people came into the actual playground with ice cream/Italian ice push carts. I was able to avoid it for a little while but eventually I left with a crying 4-year-old.”
Mom Sarah Schenck shared : “Nobody wants to be a crank, but one in three kids are going to be obese or diabetic by high school,” she said. “When my kids see other kids get ice cream, they just start begging me. I just don’t think these are the fights we should be having.”
You’re constantly saying, “No!” or “only one candy,” or “just one piece.” I’ve listened to the loud, obnoxious cries of a 4-year-old who’s denied a Popsicle at the park. Just about any child psychologist will tell you that if you ignore your child’s whining and screams, he will eventually
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The fact that someone actually reproduced with these people is astonishing.
When I was a kid the Ice cream man sold psilocybin and acid, in addition to fudgecicles, twin pops, and long johns.
as one guy in the biz told me many moons ago, “all I can get to work for me are hardcore unemployables....”
As I told my kids: “Life is full of disappointments, how you react to them is testament to your character.”
Oh, they didn’t understand me, but the confusion that resulted usually shut them up.
Kid - Daddy I want Ice Cream!!!!
Dad - No
Whats so hard about that?
Let's ban those too!!
Thanks dennisw.
I have no problem telling my children, “No, and don’t ask again.” However, I do with our city would ban the obnoxious electronic music, or issue citations under current public-nuisance statutes.
In my defense, I was lonely, desperate, and drunk.
Good old New York. Happiest day I ever lived, was leaving there forever.
Perhaps these parents should put their offspring up for adoption since they are unable/unwilling to offer parental guidance and/or discipline.
I’m just sayin’.
First they came for the Happy Meal toys and I said nothing,.....
Boston was worse..
These parents are tired of listening to children cry, scream and throw tantrums when they’re denied a sugary ice cream.
When I was a kid the Ice cream man sold psilocybin and acid, in addition to fudgecicles, twin pops, and long johns.
long johns , red or white ,two button trap door
Sigh. Remembering the good old days in Park Slope before it went nuts with yuppies in the mid-80s and got too expensive to live in, with all the snooty new-age new-comers. Geez, been so long, some of these Moms might’ve actually grown up in the neighborhood, even if they know nothing of its history except their property values.
Just ban children.
Translation: “ I don’t want to have to dicipline my kid, so I want to wreck everyone else’s fun, and at the same time, kill a piece of Americana “
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