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totally judged a family while in line for Santa Saturday

smellycat15smellycat15 member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

The mall was pretty crazy and the line for Santa was a bit long. We waited about an 1.5 hours but it wasn't the wait that was annoying.

There was a small child, I would say around 4 in line in front of us. He was being so obnoxious. He was pushing the grandma and tipping over the stroller which hit the people in front of him. He was screaming and hitting the grandma. She did absolutely nothing to discipline him. He was climbing over the side rails and running around the crowd. It was ridiculous. All the grandma said was "stop being naughty or we won't see santa" The kid had no interest in Santa. He said numerous times he wanted to go. Then the mom came and walked him around the mall to try to calm him down. Didn't work. The funniest part was when he picked up a piece of chewed gum off the floor and ate it. They were freaking out and the mom blamed the grandma for not watching him. DH actually yelled at him a little when DH was holding Kenna and she was thisclose to napping and the little kid was pushing DH from behind to get somewhere in back of us. The parents never apologized on his behalf for any of the behavior. I got kicked so many times by him when he was climbing up and over the side rail. I know the lady behind us was also giving the family dirty looks because I saw them. I was shocked at the behavior and the lack of discipline.

Oh well. At least DD was good and never cried even though she missed her afternoon nap and was soo tired. I gave a huge sigh of relief when it was our turn and we could leave so DD could nap in the car. The pics are cute too!

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Re: totally judged a family while in line for Santa Saturday

  • smellycat15smellycat15 member
    imagefredalina:

    You could not PAY me to spend 30 minutes in line at the mall, much less 90!  You're a braver woman than i!

    The big problem with that family sounds like they put their own needs before the kid's.  He didn't want to see Santa, he was clearly not the type of boy to do well standing still in a line for hours, and they couldn't (or wouldn't) give him the sort of attention and direction he needed to succeed.  They set him up for failure and he failed.  JMO.

    Thats what I was thinking. I just wondered if she was the grandma that didn't want to "be mean". I hope our parents put aside feelings and discipline my child when she is acting a fool in public. 

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  • JOEBunnyJOEBunny member
    You will have your day.
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  • LynnJonesLynnJones
    Holy cow you waited 90min!  That is some dedication.
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