Update on horrible T-shirts.

[stevieannie]

Whilst at the Lincolnshire Show last week, I saw absolutely the most horrible example of the children's t-shirts that I object to:

"Saw it. Wanted it. Threw a tantrum. Got it."

I can't say how cross that makes me. I've spent the last 10 years trying to teach that throwing tantrums results in sitting down until you're quiet and not getting the thing that you're after. I had kind of hoped that I wasn't the only one.

Judging by the sales and delighted exclamations of parents holding it up to other parents, I think I may be one of the few who don't see tantrums as cute or funny.

*sigh*

Comments

[jhayman.livejournal.com]

I'm right with you!

Funny, one of my best friends is a nanny. She and I talk about not having problems with temper tantrums -- because they got nipped off right from the start. Tantrums don't get attention, they get exile. It's sad that so many parents seem not to have a clue about how to deal with them -- or any feeling that they should.

So good for both of you. I'm not the least surprised.

[stevieannie.livejournal.com]

Temper tantrums are what the bottom of the stairs were invented for, surely? My guys need to be told that there *is* a "naughty stair" wherever we go, but once acquainted with it, it is seldom needed...