Is It That Time Of Year?

[Meyou]

The worst are the parents that try and buy their way to good behavior. "If you ABC I'll buy you an expensive toy with a million buttons/candy/Mcd's/etc"

My dh had a coworker bring her son in the other week for an hour. My dh goofed with him and got him laughing and then sent him back to his mama and his coloring book when he snuck away while she was on the phone. Another coworker gave him money to go back and sit another time. *sigh* He's 4.

[Blackcat31]

The worst are the parents that try and buy their way to good behavior. "If you ABC I'll buy you an expensive toy with a million buttons/candy/Mcd's/etc"

My dh had a coworker bring her son in the other week for an hour. My dh goofed with him and got him laughing and then sent him back to his mama and his coloring book when he snuck away while she was on the phone. Another coworker gave him money to go back and sit another time. *sigh* He's 4.

I had a kid lose a privilege here once and his mom offered me money to reinstate his privileges! I should have said yes.......

[nannyde]

I had a parent one time count all the pictures I had of all the kids I posted on FB.....then compared and told me there were less of her son. He was PART TIME! She also said he was not smiling in the pictures. I told her to look again.....he was engaged....most kids when interested and engaged do not have a big goofy smile on their face. I am not kidding.....she had written a HUGE email about all of her concerns. She also walked in and "caught" me teaching her child how to tie his shoes......she said....it is not conducive for a 4 year old to tie his shoes. OK......so she sent him to K the next year.....he was suspended for not following the rules......and she complained that he did not know how to tie his shoes.

If I had a parent counting pictures I would stop photographing the child at all. I would tell her that his pictures were upsetting her so much and it is just too risky to take any of him. If she wants pics of him on your facebook SHE needs to supply them and you will post them. That way they will be exactly as she wishes.

That Mom sounds like she had a bad case of "my child". It always gets cured when they go to free school.