I have been neglectful again to my blog. However a lot has happened in my life that I should have been blogging about. I apologize if I begin to vent throughout the post, but here it is... I have been having conversations with other mothers/friends and have recently been venting my frustration at times with other parents. A toddler is a toddler, plain and simple. Which means they have sporadic toddler behaviors that you do correct as a parent. However, what do you do when you see what another parent does not? When another child taunts and acts unkind to your child, and then your child reacts. Obviously the parent must teach their child not to react, but lets get real. Toddlers are not going to "get it" right away, but they will with practice and age. It is frustrating to have a parent tell criticize your child, when you know most of the facts are not true. However for the sake of saving face and not causing anything more, you just agreed or nod. Meanwhile your thinking profanity in your head and biting your nails. Now maybe I should mention that when I grew up, every neighbor have free reign to yell at you for discipline issues. There was no hidden rule, like now, that you couldn't correct another persons child. We also ran around in freedom until dark, which obviously has changed now. I have no problem with a friend or neighbor telling my daughter to stay in check when she is getting into mischief.
Nit picking mom's drive me crazy, and I just want to turn to them and say, "SERIOUSLY?! Chill out".
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