Good Grandpa

[Ed62]

A woman is in a grocery store and happens upon a grandpa and his poorly
behaving 3 year-old grandson at every turn. It's obvious gramps has his
hands full with the kid screaming for candy in the candy aisle, cookies
in the cookie aisle; same for fruit, cereal and soda. Meanwhile gramps
is working his way around saying in a controlled voice, 'easy Albert, we
won't be long, easy boy'.


Another outburst and she hears gramps calmly say, 'it's OK Albert, just
a couple more minutes and we'll be outta here, hang in there


At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items from the cart and
gramps again in a controlled voice is saying, 'Albert, Albert, relax
buddy, don't get upset -- we'll be home in five minutes; stay cool,
Albert'.

Very impressed the woman goes up to gramps as he's loading the kid and
the groceries into the car and says, 'You know sir, it's none of my
business, but you were amazing in there. I don't know how you did it.
The whole time you kept your composure and no matter how loud and
disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be OK.
Albert is very lucky to have you for his grandpa'.

'Thanks, lady,' said gramps, 'but I'm Albert, this little b*st*rd's name
is Johnny'.

[DUD]

I can understand Alberts point of view. Bill

[pelligrini]

Hehe, I can really relate to that one.

I have a bad enough time telling my grand-daughter she doesn't get to go with me to the store. I really haven't tried taking her on my own. I'm too chicken to give it a go.

[iceman61]

Good one Ed. Sometimes I might need to use Albert's approach.

One day I was in WalMart with my then 4yr old son doing some shopping. My son is behind me & I hear glas bouncing off the floor. Reacting quickly I grabbed the glassware on the 3rd bounce before it broke. I turned to my son & warned him to not touch anything else...or else. 1 minute later I hear the sound of glass bouncing & once again grabbed it before it broke. After lightly swatting my son's behind & turning around I hear this faint little voice say "that didn't even hurt." I turned to swat his butt again & saw a woman astonished that I had the nerve to pop my son's behind. I looked at her & stated that she was next. She ran

[Mrs. Wallnut]

Hehe, I can really relate to that one.

I have a bad enough time telling my grand-daughter she doesn't get to go with me to the store. I really haven't tried taking her on my own. I'm too chicken to give it a go.

Most men aren't brave enough to try this on their own. When our oldest were little Mark would only take one at a time and then they were almost 6 when he did start taking them places on his own. He was never brave enough to take the twins when they were babies, on his own.

And just for clarification, I said MOST men, not all because I know there are a few out there that take their little ones with them a lot of places.

[Pappy]

After lightly swatting my son's behind & turning around I hear this faint little voice say "that didn't even hurt." I turned to swat his butt again & saw a woman astonished that I had the nerve to pop my son's behind. I looked at her & stated that she was next. She ran

If more parents would properly "abuse" their kids when they misbehave, shopping and dining experiences would be a lot more pleasant for everyone!

Both of my boys threw a tantrum in public with me ONCE!* Never wanted to try it again...

[ironhat]

If more parents would properly "abuse" their kids when they misbehave, shopping and dining experiences would be a lot more pleasant for everyone!

Both of my boys threw a tantrum in public with me ONCE!* Never wanted to try it again...

Man did you hit that one on the head! I've noticed that parents seem to be afraid of their children - or at least, afraid to use any kind of discipline. Church services have become a nightmare and teaching Sunday School to the teen classes is a study in disrespect. I had to bail out of the teaching position before I killed one of them. I suggested to the SS super that he get one of the parents to teach. He informed me that they can't keep teachers in these classes and have to double up some of them. What a flippin' nightmare!!

[dbhost]

I had a similar experience in the grocery store recently. I was in the checkout line with a spoiled rotten little brat and his mom behind me. The kid (boy) was screaming his little lungs out. I simply turned around, stared straight at the kid, told him I didn't see any blood, or broken bones, no bruises or anything, and that if he were my kid I would give him a reason to cry... I am not sure who was more stunned, his 20 year old mother, or him... The look from the cashier was golden though... It seems that same child makes the same scene every time he comes in...

[dbhost]

If more parents would properly "abuse" their kids when they misbehave, shopping and dining experiences would be a lot more pleasant for everyone!

Both of my boys threw a tantrum in public with me ONCE!* Never wanted to try it again...

Now Pappy, there is a distinction between physical discipline, and abuse. Unfortunately the imbeciles at CPS don't have discernment skills enough to know this, and the drooling fools in the courts that slap good parents in jail, and let the serial abusers walk free are to blame for this...

I better shut up before this spins political... It's not meant to be, but it can go that way fast...

[Mrs. Wallnut]

I take pride that Thomas when we are in the store is good. He talks to me and once in a while when he realizes that if he raises his voice he can hear it echo or carry, he realizes this in Costco mostly, and he starts making noises that are happy and if I handle things right I usually make it a game and he starts laughing instead of making loud noises. I usually hope that most people don't get upset by his playing and making noise.

But for the most part he is good when we are in public places and I hope that keep continuing. Usually if he is cranky or not in a good mood I don't take him to the store or if I have to take him I stop at the bakery and get him a cookie and he usually is quiet through the store.

I really try to consider what others in the public places we go are not offended by my little one, if they are I usually try to leave pretty quickly. Like the time that Mark and I had no older kids at home for a weekend and decided to go and get pizza with Thomas. For some reason he was not wanting to cooperate so Mark got the pizza to go and we went home and had a quiet dinner there. We didn't think the others in the place wanted to hear Thomas cry through dinner.

[BobSch]

Some years ago I was on a plane and a small kid was running up and down the aisle sreaming and bothering everyone. One of the flight attendants stopped him, got down on one knee, looked the brat in the eye and said, "How would you like to go play outside?" He went back to his seat and didn't move for the rest of the flight!

[Rand]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NvJs...eature=related

[iceman61]

Man did you hit that one on the head! I've noticed that parents seem to be afraid of their children - or at least, afraid to use any kind of discipline. :

I found that after 2 maybe 3 actual times I've popped my son's butt in his lifetime, it's been enough to where now I just have to cut the "look" at him & he is good as gold. My exwife on the other hand threatens for months to pop his little butt & he rarely listens to her. I keep telling her she needs to get the "bluff" in on him by actually following through once or twice & she can get on top of things. She just hasn't learned yet.

[shoottx]

My favorite

As the crowded airliner is about to take off, the peace is shattered by a five-year-old boy who picks that moment to throw a wild temper tantrum. No matter what his frustrated, embarrassed mother does to try to calm him down, the boy continues to scream furiously and kick the seats around him.

Suddenly, from the rear of the plane, an older man in the uniform of an Air Force General is seen slowly walking forward up the aisle. Stopping the flustered mother with an upraised hand, the white-haired, courtly, soft-spoken General leans down and, motioning toward his chest, whispers something into the boy's ear.

Instantly, the boy calms down, gently takes his mother's hand, and quietly fastens his seat belt.

All the other passengers burst into spontaneous applause. As the General slowly makes his way back to his seat, one of the cabin attendants touches his sleeve.

"Excuse me, General," she asks quietly, "but could I ask you what magic words you used on that little boy?"

The old man smiles serenely and gently confides, "I showed him my pilot's wings, service stars, and battle ribbons, and explained that they entitle me to throw one passenger out the plane door, on any flight I choose."