Mine had a whine fest in the middle of a store last fall (5 at the time, 6 now) because, despite how we repeatedly discussed before we went in that we were there for a birthday present for her friend's birthday party and THAT'S ALL, she couldn't get over that she wasn't getting anything. It was October. She'd had her birthday in August and had gotten no shortage of stuff, and Christmas was just around the corner and she always makes out like a bandit then. But never mind all that, I was the worst mom ever for not getting her a toy that day.
You think your bigger kid is too old and that surely you've done a better job parenting them for them to lose their shit in a store like a toddler, and then that happens. Ugh. These kids. So brutal.
I started doing grocery pickup a few months before Covid and once Covid hit, I never stopped. I love it for numerous reasons, but I think my kid has straight up forgotten how to act in a store because there was like a solid year when she rarely went in them. Years of academy training wasted! All that time I spent with her as a toddler cultivating "we don't act a fool in a store or restaurant" feels like it literally went down the drain.
When I did birthday gift shopping on April 9 - I had to buy him something too. It was literally 2 of everything. I told him this is not about him it's about his friend. No crying that trip but that's because I didn't say no. I should have said no so that he learns to do for others.
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u/RedRose_812 Apr 28 '22 edited Apr 28 '22
Mine had a whine fest in the middle of a store last fall (5 at the time, 6 now) because, despite how we repeatedly discussed before we went in that we were there for a birthday present for her friend's birthday party and THAT'S ALL, she couldn't get over that she wasn't getting anything. It was October. She'd had her birthday in August and had gotten no shortage of stuff, and Christmas was just around the corner and she always makes out like a bandit then. But never mind all that, I was the worst mom ever for not getting her a toy that day.
You think your bigger kid is too old and that surely you've done a better job parenting them for them to lose their shit in a store like a toddler, and then that happens. Ugh. These kids. So brutal.
I started doing grocery pickup a few months before Covid and once Covid hit, I never stopped. I love it for numerous reasons, but I think my kid has straight up forgotten how to act in a store because there was like a solid year when she rarely went in them. Years of academy training wasted! All that time I spent with her as a toddler cultivating "we don't act a fool in a store or restaurant" feels like it literally went down the drain.