Comments on: Conversation at Goodwill http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/ embracing the wild heart of parenting Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kat http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 Kat Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:27:00 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-3175 Wow that woman has issues. And those are HERS not yours. Ok, so a toddler didn't have panties on Big whoop The vast majority of people would have snickered to themselves*cause....well, we all know how toddlers her and moved on. Wow
that woman has issues. And those are HERS not yours. Ok, so a toddler didn’t have panties on
Big whoop
The vast majority of people would have snickered to themselves*cause….well, we all know how toddlers her and moved on.

]]> By: Kat http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-3176 Kat Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:27:00 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-3176 Wow that woman has issues. And those are HERS not yours. Ok, so a toddler didn't have panties on Big whoop The vast majority of people would have snickered to themselves*cause....well, we all know how toddlers her and moved on. Wow
that woman has issues. And those are HERS not yours. Ok, so a toddler didn’t have panties on
Big whoop
The vast majority of people would have snickered to themselves*cause….well, we all know how toddlers her and moved on.

]]> By: Rin http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-2935 Rin Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:20:00 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-2935 Wow. I've been skipping around your blog after following half a dozen link chains, and this... I would probably have been checking a physical reaction, not a verbal. I didn't process the plain english properly at first. "Well, pulling her skirt back down again she probably figured was helpful, and while she ought have asked, I don't get why that was quite so--" and finished rereading. She shoved it up into her CROTCH? And tried to force her knees together? Please, should something similar ever happen again, DO inform said person that THEY are the one's inappropriately touching your child. Clearly, hopefully, she was unaware of that. You might also add a very loud exclamation demanding that "You get your hand off my child's skirt!" The only HALFWAY right thing she did was to inform you that her underwear was missing, but she did it wrong. Quietly and pleasantly would have sufficed, in case she'd escaped them when you weren't looking. I've had it happen with kids shoes all the time--I'll see one on and if the other isn't apparent, either ask the adult if they knew or say "Hey there silly, what'd you do with your other shoe?" Sometimes the offending (to the kid!) article is already stowed in a bag, but several times it hadn't been realized yet, and so the search began. Wow. I’ve been skipping around your blog after following half a dozen link chains, and this… I would probably have been checking a physical reaction, not a verbal. I didn’t process the plain english properly at first. “Well, pulling her skirt back down again she probably figured was helpful, and while she ought have asked, I don’t get why that was quite so–” and finished rereading. She shoved it up into her CROTCH? And tried to force her knees together?

Please, should something similar ever happen again, DO inform said person that THEY are the one’s inappropriately touching your child. Clearly, hopefully, she was unaware of that. You might also add a very loud exclamation demanding that “You get your hand off my child’s skirt!”

The only HALFWAY right thing she did was to inform you that her underwear was missing, but she did it wrong. Quietly and pleasantly would have sufficed, in case she’d escaped them when you weren’t looking. I’ve had it happen with kids shoes all the time–I’ll see one on and if the other isn’t apparent, either ask the adult if they knew or say “Hey there silly, what’d you do with your other shoe?” Sometimes the offending (to the kid!) article is already stowed in a bag, but several times it hadn’t been realized yet, and so the search began.

]]> By: Sierra http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-1975 Sierra Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:47:58 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-1975 That's completely awesome! Thanks for the heartwarming laugh. That's completely awesome! Thanks for the heartwarming laugh.

]]> By: dinafish http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-1974 dinafish Sun, 18 Apr 2010 03:24:52 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-1974 On the flip side, my daughter decided to go to church one morning with her grandparents while we were visiting from out of town. I hurriedly got her dressed and brushed her hair and teeth so they would be on time. During the sermon, my daughter was playing down on the kneeler of the pew, and announced, "grandma, I'm not wearing any underwear!" Everyone around heard, as no one in my family is particularly soft spoken, and they all had a good laugh about it, especially my parents! On the flip side, my daughter decided to go to church one morning with her grandparents while we were visiting from out of town. I hurriedly got her dressed and brushed her hair and teeth so they would be on time. During the sermon, my daughter was playing down on the kneeler of the pew, and announced, “grandma, I'm not wearing any underwear!” Everyone around heard, as no one in my family is particularly soft spoken, and they all had a good laugh about it, especially my parents!

]]> By: Sierra http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-1783 Sierra Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:47:58 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-1783 That's completely awesome! Thanks for the heartwarming laugh. That's completely awesome! Thanks for the heartwarming laugh.

]]> By: dinafish http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-1782 dinafish Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:24:52 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-1782 On the flip side, my daughter decided to go to church one morning with her grandparents while we were visiting from out of town. I hurriedly got her dressed and brushed her hair and teeth so they would be on time. During the sermon, my daughter was playing down on the kneeler of the pew, and announced, "grandma, I'm not wearing any underwear!" Everyone around heard, as no one in my family is particularly soft spoken, and they all had a good laugh about it, especially my parents! On the flip side, my daughter decided to go to church one morning with her grandparents while we were visiting from out of town. I hurriedly got her dressed and brushed her hair and teeth so they would be on time. During the sermon, my daughter was playing down on the kneeler of the pew, and announced, “grandma, I'm not wearing any underwear!” Everyone around heard, as no one in my family is particularly soft spoken, and they all had a good laugh about it, especially my parents!

]]> By: aed defibrillator http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-1474 aed defibrillator Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:02:28 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-1474 Scary. I never imagined facing that woman myself. I might end up telling her, "mind your own business instead of scaring us, I know what to do and you are more scary than the boogeyman you are referring to". Wheew, what a day! Scary. I never imagined facing that woman myself. I might end up telling her, “mind your own business instead of scaring us, I know what to do and you are more scary than the boogeyman you are referring to”. Wheew, what a day!

]]> By: Colleen http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Colleen Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:31:35 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-747 When my youngest was three, we took our kids to a baseball game. As usual, she had gotten herself dressed in a cute sundress. Imagine my husband's surprise when he scooped her up into his arms to facilitate our way through the crowd, and her bare bottom was sticking out. When we questioned her, she said "Mom, you told me I could wear this. You didn't say anything about underpants!" We thought it was hilarious and still do--she loves to hear us tell that story. Our society has become paranoid. People need to lighten up and mind their own business, and realize that, yeah, sometimes little kids are going to be naked! When my youngest was three, we took our kids to a baseball game. As usual, she had gotten herself dressed in a cute sundress. Imagine my husband’s surprise when he scooped her up into his arms to facilitate our way through the crowd, and her bare bottom was sticking out. When we questioned her, she said “Mom, you told me I could wear this. You didn’t say anything about underpants!” We thought it was hilarious and still do–she loves to hear us tell that story.
Our society has become paranoid.
People need to lighten up and mind their own business, and realize that, yeah, sometimes little kids are going to be naked!

]]> By: Colleen http://childwild.com/2009/09/02/conversation-at-goodwill/comment-page-1/#comment-2678 Colleen Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:31:00 +0000 http://childwild.com/?p=2562#comment-2678 When my youngest was three, we took our kids to a baseball game. As usual, she had gotten herself dressed in a cute sundress. Imagine my husband's surprise when he scooped her up into his arms to facilitate our way through the crowd, and her bare bottom was sticking out. When we questioned her, she said "Mom, you told me I could wear this. You didn't say anything about underpants!" We thought it was hilarious and still do--she loves to hear us tell that story. Our society has become paranoid. People need to lighten up and mind their own business, and realize that, yeah, sometimes little kids are going to be naked! When my youngest was three, we took our kids to a baseball game. As usual, she had gotten herself dressed in a cute sundress. Imagine my husband’s surprise when he scooped her up into his arms to facilitate our way through the crowd, and her bare bottom was sticking out. When we questioned her, she said “Mom, you told me I could wear this. You didn’t say anything about underpants!” We thought it was hilarious and still do–she loves to hear us tell that story.
Our society has become paranoid.
People need to lighten up and mind their own business, and realize that, yeah, sometimes little kids are going to be naked!

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