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Mommy/Daddy Thought - August 23rd

My two-year-old was having a good day the last time I had to run into the grocery store to pick up a jug of milk.  She was calmly holding my hand and wasn’t pulling the Captain Crunch off the shelf as we rushed to the dairy section.  Ahead a boy about the same age as my daughter was throwing a fit.  His mother grabbed his wrist, dragged him in front of us and pointed at my little girl.  “Why can’t you behave like her?” she said.  I picked up my daughter and hurried by as quickly as I could.  The only thing more obnoxious than a child throwing a fit in public is a parent yelling at their child for throwing a fit.  All children have temper tantrums in inconvenient locations once in a while.  There is no reason to feel embarrassed when it happens.  A child who is having a melt down does not reflect badly on the parent.  However, the way the parent treats the child when he/she has an outburst does reflect on the parent.  Fits happen sometimes and that’s okay. 

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