Dicipline kids
I was waiting for my turn at the salon when a lady sat down in front of me with her 4 year old girl. The girl wanted a wig and her mom told her she can’t have it. The girl kept crying for it and then her mom told her to stop crying or else she’ll take off her shoes and hit her on the head with it. I couldn’t help thinking about this whole situation and how parents discipline their kids here. It bothered me so much that this lady was treating her child in this manner and esp. letting other people hear it is not right. I can understand her frsutration but there’s no excuse to what she told her daughter.
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October 17th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
I think she did the right thing, only difference I would have slapped the kid.
October 18th, 2007 at 12:36 am
NOOOOOOO PURG! No! that’s bad! you have to affirmative bas not violent! BAD
October 18th, 2007 at 8:29 am
She’s only four!! There are tons of other ways to handle the situation with a 4 year old. This is how we get so many bullies at school! The mother beats the kid for the stupidest reasons, then the kid beats the other kids at school!
October 20th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Being stern with the kids is important sometimes but not physical. You can scare the hell out of the kids with a look but not by hitting them. A spanking is needed sometimes but not in that situation!
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:52 am
She’s only four and if she was well disciplined at home I think she wouldn’t act the way she did.
Anyways ,here’s the problem of all Arabs, they can’t understand that the most important thing for their babies is not to act or take any action while their are in public, if you are a good parent you must control and disciplined them while their are inside and not out.
Let me ask a question to all the parents who slapped their babies in public, would it be nice to them if somebody slapped them in public.
Violent and violent this is what Arab world based on.
October 23rd, 2007 at 12:47 pm
eee walla Annie, we need family talk groups to discuss such matters, esp. how to probably raise our kids without beating them up, understanding how they think and how to deal with them when they get tantrums
October 25th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Kids need to be loved but not understood.
I completely agree with the mother when she wanted to pick her shoe out, but instead beat her self with it! Don’t treat your kid like he’s your age. The mind of a child is really special is it like a popcorn, they say what comes up like ‘pop’ when the popcorn is ready.
First, Pearls I thought your blog is about people cutting in front of you, which is very normal in Kuwait.