General Chat

Cumfifolda used to do a lovely mother facing pushchair that folded flat instantly, sadly no longer made. I hunted all over e-bay for an 'antique' one when my grandsons were born. I did find a Silver Cross one that could go either way and nearly flat too, in a charity shop, it served my youngest grandson for a long time. It was sturdy enough for shopping without tipping too.
Obviously you have to be careful buying second hand. We had to go on the train, or an hours drive, mainly on single track roads, to the main town, but our village had a shop and Post Office so we were quite lucky.
Eileen

I have been reading this thread through, and I have tried to cast my mind back 50 years or more and I dont remember seeing children behave like that. I am wondering if all these problems are modern, or if in the 'good old days' such children were put into a mental institution?
Perhaps the lead in petrol fumes are affecting children more now (more traffic) or it could even have been the pregnant mum ingesting the fumes and affecting the foetus. Or perhaps modern additives in food. Just thinking aloud to myself. I have an enquiring mind.
ps, my children usually behaved when they were out. I say usually because there was one occasion when my young daughter surprised me. I had gone to town on the bus. Daughter (about 3/4) was unhappy, had been unhappy in the night. I went in to a dentist as I thought it might be her teeth. Sure enough she had one bad tooth which had to come out. To my great surprise she was fine almost immediately afterwards, but when I went into a shop to look at things she was running around, behind the counter, pulling out drawers. Normally she just stuck with me. At least there were no tantrums.
Huia.

hummmm could that be something to do with the fact that 50+ years ago there were no big supermarkets and the shops had far far less to temp the children with anyway?

well said devon, my mum says that all the time, these shops are just large cany stores............... lol
paul, sorry to hear you cant have any, never give up, maybe foster.......
as for tantrums, so many reasons, i do the same as tania, see a child or baby crying, i always say how dou do.... lol and comment they have lovely eyes or curly hair, always give the mum a smile......
my boys autistic and dyspraxic......... so simply, if i gave him food to eat roll/bun he'd drop it....... then came the screaming.. same if drop toy while out............ never ending............ awell.
xxx

Hi All Again,
I did not abandon the thread, Had a family emergency to deal with , all sorted now though.

Re the thread.: It has bee very interesting to read your views and comments made throughout. many differing thoughts and ideas as how to cope/handle/control with children when they have tantrums/outbursts/wobbles etc

Thank you for your interest

Paul:-)

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i agree with tory i all so have two children with autism and adhd and i do try to leave them at home but its not always posable as i know it will be a nitgh mere to take them shopping and there are people like you out there that just assume they are naughtbut they ant its just they dont understand the world the same way you do and as to smacking them you could be done for child abuse now for that so even normal kids pearnt hands are tide so all they are left with is to yell at the child.and i ask any of you to try and controle my eldest son when he lose control as he's phisicaly strenth doubles and he is no small lad so he is very hard to control and yes mum may have been at the end of her tether and i know how that feels so you do walk away not only for your sack but also the childs.
sam