On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > and whenever they go over to a friends house and that friends parents take > them out to eat, they'll tell them they can't go to mcdonalds right?
I would assume that the parent's would have the decency to clarify with my wife or myself if it was OK. If not, then I or my wife would have a conversation with the parents about it. > > and when the grandparents come to visit and take the kids out for the day, > your kids will enforce the no mcdonalds rule right. My mother and my wife's parents have enough respect for us and our wishes that if we asked them not to take the kids to McDonalds they wouldn't. If they did, I or my wife would have a conversation with them about it. > > I guess I don't have the same rose colored glasses on that a lot of the > people on this list seem to be wearing. I know my kids will try to get > mcdonalds. I know they want that damn toy most of all because on the rare > occasion when we go, that's the first thing to come out of the box. Not rose colored glasses, I trust my kids..to a point. I remember what I did as a kid to 'get one over' on my parents, which is why when we say 'no' we make sure to follow through with consequences if they do not listen. We are fortunate that our kids are usually very well behaved, and with the rare exception listen when we say 'no'. For the record, we do take our kids to McDonalds from time to time. But if we said 'yes' every time they asked, we would be there every day...sometimes twice a day. So, you see, saying 'no' really is that easy and effective. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/38 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331069 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
