I have 2 very good friends,between the three of us we have 16(no it isn't a typo) children. They are now ages 26 to 14. We would plan lunches with buffets to teach our littleones how to act. We took them to restaurants,after the rush,with the sole purpose of teaching them that they could bless people in public by behaving. Little ones can be taught,ya just have to MAKE time to do it. A small child learning to be in public doesn't just happen.
One of my children (on meds) at the age of three,started to wind up in a grocery store once. I shop once a month and it is an ordeal,I took my cart to cutomer service,apologized for the noise,told them I would be back later and left. When I went back that evening,the manager had saved my cart for me so I could finish. It was very inconvient but my child wasn't blessing anyone,especially me by being upset. |