aahhh.
my mates little boy was 2 sunday. His nanna bought him a bicycle and he loves it.

So much, he now cannot not be riding it. He had sunday dinner on it, and every meal until yesterday when his mum tried to get him to be a bit more rational (?) and it all went off.

The compromise is that he sits at the table, but he can wear his helmet.

He looks like Toad from SuperMario.
( bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Thu 17 Apr 2008, 16:22, 3 replies)

I don't understand why people pander to children when it comes to food
"If you don't take that off at the table, you won't get any food"

I imagine few children are so iron-willed as to go on hunger strike, and it's not as if a two-year-old can get food from anywhere else.
( le brian, Thu 17 Apr 2008, 16:47, closed)

compromise?
they reason with a 2-year-old?
bugger THAT.
you TELL the little snot to get off the bike. if he throws a tantrum, let his tyres down. when he starts crying, tell him that if he doesn't shut the fuck up, you won't be pumping them back up again. if they're giving in to him at that age, they're going to have a spoilt brat on their hands in no time.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 2:37, closed)

Sometimes you have to pick your battles.
Otherwise you will soon discover that you have become a tyrant and everyone is miserable. Sometimes you have to let a kid be a kid, instead of insisting a 2 year old behave like an adult. Sometimes you have to recognize that when a kid gets a new toy, they don't want to be parted from it....but that only lasts a few days. So is it really *worth* it to break their little spirit, or would you rather compromise for wearing a helmet at the table?

Yes, I induldged my children when they were small, but they also had firm rules to abide by. Now they are well-behaved enough to be able to spend time in any public place without bothering other people.
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Fri 18 Apr 2008, 4:46, closed)