powellrj said:
child leashes, breast feeding, taking a child out of school, I'm not sure why, but these always bring out the worst in people.
woops! I really am a rebel!!! When my DD was very small (under 4) i used the wrist leash with her. It had big bird on it, so she loved it (shes 22 now and remembers it lol) i would place the other wrist on my belt loop. We always used it at Six Flags...the one time we didnt we lost her for over an hour and i FREAKED, PANICED, CRIED AND SCREAMED that night, all sorts of horrible thoughts in my head...i kept thinking someone needs to jump in the lakes and look for my baby, check the bathrooms for child molesters etc. ack. I'm all for the "leashes" on kids that are too adventurous for thier own good. Doesnt hurt them, its not like its a choke collar for gosh sakes LOL!
As for taking them out of school..again, guilty. My sons missing 3 1/2 days of school (he gets fall break in Ocotober) so he is off half day Thur, all Friday, Mond, Tues, Wed Thur, Friday in a row....so he is being taken out Mon, Tues and WEds so we could make free dining. It meant the difference btw a week in an ocean front condo after disney or the meal vouchers themselves. We chose free dining and the week at the ocean! In 20 yrs (he's a straight A student) our 4th grader wont remember those 3 days, but he will forever remember his trip. He wants to be an oceanographer (has since he could say the word), loves sharks etc, and this trip to the beach is by far more important to him then the disney trip. Now if he was a poor student, or even a highschooler, or it was during that damn taks test time or some other important time in the year, i would say NO. But its a few days before a 6 day holiday at school, and i figure they are mostly trying to just keep the kids from going nuts that week anyway
ohhh and to further any controversies, i'm a pediatric nurse, though i could never breast feed my kiddo's...(i'm overly endowed...and well...nevermind LOL) I'm always the nurse who doesnt mind seeing a 2 yr old breast feed. Lots of nurses give me report saying "can you believe that, or isnt that gross"...i dunno, as a nurse maybe i try not to be judgemental with parents who are doing things that are not harmful, or maybe in a past life i was president of Le Leche, but i say if they get the nutrition, and you dont mind the teeth marks, then who am i to say its wrong to do??? Just please for the love of god, cover the ****y up! (and stop it before they start kindergarten, cuz..yeah, that is gross LOLOLOL!)