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Gemini Cricket · 07-27-2006, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Mousey Girl

Nickolas went through that stage at 4-5. I tried everything to get him to stop. Then I found a worry stone. I would send him to school with a worry stone in his pocket, that way he had something else to do with his hands. It worked perfectly.

That's brilliant!

Not Afraid · 07-27-2006, 06:51 PM

I think we have a new nickname for one's weiner.

Damn, your worry stone is rock hard!

Gemini Cricket · 07-27-2006, 06:54 PM

Yeah, I can just picture it now.
"You want me to rub it to make your worries go away? Uh, yeah."

tracilicious · 07-27-2006, 10:20 PM

Ugh! I hate seeing things like that. I'd be tempted to send some shame in his direction with a few well chosen loud remarks. Then, I'm sure you are a better person than I am, GC.

I think that stage can hit anywhere between 3-6. As with anything, you can tell a child it's only appropriate in private about a million times before it actually sinks in. Still no excuse for his behavior.

Mousewife, that is brilliant! Way to go with creative parenting!

MouseWife · 07-27-2006, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by tracilicious

Ugh! I hate seeing things like that. I'd be tempted to send some shame in his direction with a few well chosen loud remarks. Then, I'm sure you are a better person than I am, GC.

I think that stage can hit anywhere between 3-6. As with anything, you can tell a child it's only appropriate in private about a million times before it actually sinks in. Still no excuse for his behavior.

Mousewife, that is brilliant! Way to go with creative parenting!

Hee hee. I am sitting here reading this thread and thinking wow, I have never gone through this....

I read Mousey Girls' solution and thought that was pretty brilliant {and also thought of all of the grown men I see playing with change in their pockets....

}.

So, alas, it was not I with the brilliant idea.

But seriously, I never had to deal with this issue. Well, not 'fingerbanging'.

And I'll leave it at that....

Gemini Cricket · 07-28-2006, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by tracilicious

Ugh! I hate seeing things like that. I'd be tempted to send some shame in his direction with a few well chosen loud remarks. Then, I'm sure you are a better person than I am, GC.

I thought about saying something and then I thought, 'Well, what exactly could one say?' So, I didn't say nothing. I guess I could have given him my disapproving arched eyebrow look... but he was running around and difficult to get eye contact with. Meh.

MouseWife · 07-28-2006, 11:40 AM

GC~ sometimes it is really hard to keep in what you want to say.

Mostly I deal with teens running around Target on half days. They came in and bought squirt guns and water balloons. I didn't think anything of it, of course they would all get wet but....

Little did I know they would squirt one another {not the same kids} insidethe store!!!

You know 'WTF do you think you are doing you little shiets?' is what I wanted to say but all I said was 'There are no squirt guns allowed in the store. Please take that outside'.

Or the young couple who came in wearing baseball caps, hoods, and dark sunglasses...to buy a pregnancy test kit.

Or the three young boys who bought a box of colorful condoms...I had heard them talking 'Here's my dollar for my share....' I didn't have a clue and when they came through all I could think about was the 'Summer of '42'. {is that it?}

It is hard to bite your tongue. Sometimes mine bleeds.

{oh, and I won't even get into the awful things I see, these things are just sort of funny...like the guy/girl coming in buying a cd, bottle of wine, and condoms...I wanna say 'Oh, someones going to have a good night tonight...'}

Mousey Girl · 07-27-2006, 11:35 PM

lol he had to take the stone out of his pocket first.

wendybeth · 07-27-2006, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Mousey Girl

lol he had to take the stone out of his pocket first.

Whew!

I couldn't help but be reminded of my Philosophy of Ethics prof who would meander back and forth in front of the class, lost in a philosophical revery, and all the while his hands in his hippy velour pants absentmindedly playing pocket-pool.

scaeagles · 07-28-2006, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

I couldn't help but be reminded of my Philosophy of Ethics prof

My Philosophy of Ethics professor committed suicide while I was in his class. Not in class, but out in the forest near Flagstaff.

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tracilicious avatar transition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in-between Posts: 2,487	Ugh! I hate seeing things like that. I'd be tempted to send some shame in his direction with a few well chosen loud remarks. Then, I'm sure you are a better person than I am, GC. I think that stage can hit anywhere between 3-6. As with anything, you can tell a child it's only appropriate in private about a million times before it actually sinks in. Still no excuse for his behavior. Mousewife, that is brilliant! Way to go with creative parenting! __________________ And now Harry, let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure! - Albus Dumbledore
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MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	GC~ sometimes it is really hard to keep in what you want to say. Mostly I deal with teens running around Target on half days. They came in and bought squirt guns and water balloons. I didn't think anything of it, of course they would all get wet but.... Little did I know they would squirt one another {not the same kids} insidethe store!!! You know 'WTF do you think you are doing you little shiets?' is what I wanted to say but all I said was 'There are no squirt guns allowed in the store. Please take that outside'. Or the young couple who came in wearing baseball caps, hoods, and dark sunglasses...to buy a pregnancy test kit. Or the three young boys who bought a box of colorful condoms...I had heard them talking 'Here's my dollar for my share....' I didn't have a clue and when they came through all I could think about was the 'Summer of '42'. {is that it?} It is hard to bite your tongue. Sometimes mine bleeds. {oh, and I won't even get into the awful things I see, these things are just sort of funny...like the guy/girl coming in buying a cd, bottle of wine, and condoms...I wanna say 'Oh, someones going to have a good night tonight...'} __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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