tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post237555088410382219..comments2022-07-27T00:08:13.293-07:00Comments on The Original Dragon Mother: Kids, cafes, restaurants and other social occasionsKazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-88531088935748672422014-11-20T22:53:24.419-08:002014-11-20T22:53:24.419-08:00Wow Jodie! Thank you!! Wow Jodie! Thank you!! Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-15163684953950912162014-11-20T17:33:13.862-08:002014-11-20T17:33:13.862-08:00Hi Kaz,
I find myself in agreeance with so much of...Hi Kaz,<br />I find myself in agreeance with so much of your opinions and observations. It is great to have a voice of common sense and reason amidst all the noise (and an Aussie voice at that), so because of that, I have nominated you for a Liebster Blog Award: http://lupeyloops.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/liebster-blog-award.html<br />I look forward to your next musing. Enjoy your day! :-)Jodiebodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377052537742885631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-14420929200421905742014-10-25T16:10:10.007-07:002014-10-25T16:10:10.007-07:00I think you hit the nail on the head there, Jodie ...I think you hit the nail on the head there, Jodie - common sense, and lack of basic manners. I I don't feel that, as a child, I was excluded from general activities. However, when it was primarily an adult occasion, there was a clear expectation that I was allowed to be there, provided I was quiet and didn't disturb goings on. If I couldn't do that, I was removed, in order for whatever the activities were to go on uninterrupted. Eating out - as a family - was something that didn't happen regularly until I was well into primary school - not that my family was big on eating out anyway, but even so... The whole coffee shot/cafe thing was only just starting to become a thing when my eldest was born, and I was very aware of not rocking the boat if I had him with me. Both of them were taught that public places meant other people, and their presence was dependent on them not disturbing others... They were MY children, so it was MY responsibility to teach them how to conduct themselves so that their presence wouldn't be an issue for the people around them... It's about consideration for others - another thing that appears to be disappearing fast. This age of entitlement bothers me... Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-49429773834365426422014-10-25T08:20:23.821-07:002014-10-25T08:20:23.821-07:00As is regular with reading your posts, I say "...As is regular with reading your posts, I say "Hear! Hear!"<br />Interestingly, at a crowded football game, we were most distressed by a child who had been given a bird whistle (a rather old child too - must have been between 10 and 12 years of age) and the accompanying adult did not guide the child as to the use of the toy. This boy blew it constantly for 5 minutes. With every burst, it jarred my senses, and because I have a medical condition, it was enough to trigger symptoms and potentially ruin my outing, evening and the next day. It could have given a person a heart attack from the shock - the sound was so shrill and sudden. I wasn't the only one disturbed by the behaviour and it took a security guard to approach the child and explain the rudeness and inappopriate nature of the behaviour with the threat that the boy would be removed from the venue if he continued with the whistle. A real example of the consequences when adults do not teach their children appropriate codes of conduct. <br />I couldn't understand why the adult allowed the child to have that kind of toy in a crowded venue in the first place. My mind boggles at the selfishness and lack of common sense or manners that I witness in the world today.Jodiebodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377052537742885631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-23966425022338251752014-10-23T20:08:57.282-07:002014-10-23T20:08:57.282-07:00Thanks Jack! Always good to have your input :-)
Q...Thanks Jack! Always good to have your input :-) <br />Quick update - the cafe in the newspaper story apparently got some breakfast TV coverage, so it'll be interesting to see how it plays out over here over the next little while.Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679982583847135662.post-80963099612675573652014-10-23T15:13:33.505-07:002014-10-23T15:13:33.505-07:00Yes, Kaz, another spot-on observation. The root o... Yes, Kaz, another spot-on observation. The root of the problem can be found in the fact that there actually were people who were opposed to the little diner's post. As a child of the 50s, and a young adult of the 60s, I mark the spot of the sea change somewhere in the early 70s. That was when society at large began, and very quickly completed, the shift from "We're trying to have a civilization here" to "Outta my way. Everything is mine!" You see it not just at restaurants, but everywhere, as all these new-age, hanky-wringing, "perfect" parents who think punishing a child means sending him to a room full of electronics for ten minutes jump on <i>your</i> back because you have the temerity to express your displeasure when their little angel leans over the back of the booth and blows his nose in the dinner you just spent $25.00 for. Obviously, if you can't deal with a child being a child, you need to just nail your door shut and never come outside again.<br /><br /> Have to stop, or I'll eventually get to demanding euthanasia for the so-called parents who inflict these wild animals on the rest of us. I am not a Christian, Jew, or any of the so-called Western Religions, but I have to suggest that this is one case where the Bible got it absolutely, spot-on right: <b>Proverbs 13:24.</b>Jack Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030471723776022615noreply@blogger.com