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post #16 of 34
7/24/10 at 6:56am
Piccolo: "I feel bad for kids at most weddings. There's not much there for them to do, they get bored easily, and even the most well-behaved children act up when they're bored and in uncomfortable clothing."


And that's why parents should plan ahead, if they MUST bring the kids, and provide quiet time activities. A pre-wedding trip to the dollar store is worthwhile; or bring video games; coloring book and crayons; snacks or special treats--diversionary tactics. Keep 'em busy and, for heaven's sake, supervise them closely.
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post #17 of 34
7/24/10 at 10:21am
At the wedding for my first wedding cake, the couple set up a small side room with dvds, games, etc. for the kids. What a nice gesture.
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post #18 of 34
7/24/10 at 10:55am
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Originally Posted by cutthecake

Piccolo: "I feel bad for kids at most weddings. There's not much there for them to do, they get bored easily, and even the most well-behaved children act up when they're bored and in uncomfortable clothing."


And that's why parents should plan ahead, if they MUST bring the kids, and provide quiet time activities. A pre-wedding trip to the dollar store is worthwhile; or bring video games; coloring book and crayons; snacks or special treats--diversionary tactics. Keep 'em busy and, for heaven's sake, supervise them closely.



A wedding I went to recently had LOTS of small children...mostly boys no less.. and they were, to put it mildly...running wild.
They were running full tilt up and down the stairs of the old mansion, hollering and screaming. My husband went out to the courtyard and saw one of them peeing in the flower beds.

My daughter insisted on no children at her wedding and it was lovely.
I think if children are invited or are in the wedding party there needs to be a babysitter on hand as well as the DVD's and games and such.
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post #19 of 34
7/24/10 at 10:58am
I was just recently at a very small cake contest only about 7 cakes (adults) and 7 cakes (kids). Since there was a kids catergory, there were a lot of kids in attendance. The cakes were all set up and the kids just could not stop running around and bumping the table, some even decided that it was appropriate to bounce a ballon around in the air to each other right by my cake (and the others). I point out my cake though because I had put a magnolia flower made of gumpaste at the bottom edge and had attached it at the show so it was not quite dry and I was holding my breath the way it was praying that it would not fall off. (I have nothing against kids, I have 3 boys...one of which is 3 and he was there...behaving). I did not want to be a "mean person" so I said nothing. Finally, a young woman who had also entered a cake, told the kids to get away from the tables and if they needed to play to go to another area....she also gave the very appropriate death stare at the time of her speech....they listened for the most part thank goodness!
I was going to say why would their parents not tell them to behave but (this is no excuse) they do not realize how much time, money and effort are put into the cakes people make. Oh, its just cake, whats the big deal. I look at these cakes and I see Picasso like artwork.
Suzi
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post #20 of 34
7/24/10 at 1:23pm
Often, when parents take their children to events where "someone" is in charge, the parents assume the "someone" is also in charge of controlling their kids. Did you ever hear a parent say "that lady is going to yell at you if you don't listen" to their own bratty kids? It's just easier for them to let someone else take responsibility.

Suzi-
The issue isn't that the cakes took a long time to create. Kids shouldn't be allowed to play anywhere near an event of that type is being held.

And I would have caught the balloon and popped it.
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post #21 of 34
7/24/10 at 5:36pm
I had to shoo a youngster using a hula hoop away from my last cake! And the parents didn't even batt an eye. AARGH
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post #22 of 34
7/24/10 at 6:08pm
It seems like once a day, I have to ask kids not to pick up the display cakes in the window. aghhh!!
I used to keep my mouth shut, but I dont have "extra time" to fix things things that shouldn't have been broken in the first place! Now, I ask them very nicely to please not touch! And 90% of the time the parents do nothing!!
Sorry for venting
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post #23 of 34
7/24/10 at 9:56pm
I went a wedding where kids were in the wedding party but as soon as there part was over to the baby sitter they went. I thought it was very smart.

At my wedding we had a cupcake cake and half way through lunch before the cake pics were taken I see 3 kids running around with cupcakes!!! Now granted we only had 2 dozen caupcakes total so very small and informal but I was so frustrated maily because the kicker was my mother in law was the one that gave the kids permission!!!
Thank goodness by this point I was so over it (the whole wedding in general it was just so stressful) that just one good look at my MIL made me feel better and now I can laugh about it.
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post #24 of 34
7/25/10 at 7:44pm
that is just insane...In places like that my son (6) isn't even allowed to walk around...He has to stay right beside me and sit down or we can go home. (Which he's so smart sometimes he tries it so that we get to go home...lol)

Anyways it just amazes me how stupid some parents are.

Sounds like you made a great save...I hope you still had plenty of cake to go around
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post #25 of 34
7/26/10 at 3:40pm
You saw a little boy with a sheepish look...so you gave him a 'death stare'?

Sounds a bit harsh on your part. If you had said you saw a little boy with a malicious sneer, I'd understand.

You had to spend a few minutes fixing some cupcakes, but you may have given that little boy a whole day's worth, perhaps more, of embarrassment and feeling like crap.

Let's try to remember who the adults are. Adults have the capacity to wound much harsher than a few messed up cupcakes.
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post #26 of 34
7/27/10 at 8:53pm
One question, what's the deal with all this lackadaisical parenting today? I love kids but sometimes (when I see kids running amuck and the parents have no control) I ask myself, who is raising whom?

Ok, so maybe that was two questions.
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post #27 of 34
7/27/10 at 9:46pm
that stare scared him enough to know not to do that no more. and if that stare made him feel like crap, he would have went somewhere and cried or run screaming to his mamma. instead he continued to play. So how can that harm a child. I gave hard stares at kids and they sometimes looked at me as if to say what is wrong with you? one the funny side i remember when i was a child, acting up, my grandmother gave me a so called death stare and i kidd you not, she was looking at me through the garage window and the window broke! i just stood there wondering what in the world! it did not harm me in any way. i knew not to cut up no more.
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post #28 of 34
7/27/10 at 11:18pm
I would have out and out told him to take his ball outside and shouldn't be playing with it in there. And if he was my kid....I would have made sure he not only apologized but offered to help clean up, then he would have been carted out of there and disciplined.

I'm of the opinion that adults should be a bit less concerned about bruising kids' feelings and more concerned with discipline.

Not that anybody asked me. I'm grumpy today.
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post #29 of 34
7/28/10 at 6:21am
I agree with karateka about the feelings vs. discipline

I am only 23 my oldest brother is 27 and I can remember my mom telling me that when he was a little it was not unusual for a stranger to offer to spank your child. Just like in the old days, if a child needed discipling and the parent wasn't around they got it anyways.
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post #30 of 34
7/31/10 at 7:00am
Don't even get me started on discipline with kids these days. My hubby is a school teacher, and the kids these days "can do no wrong". It's never their fault, and the parents never take responsibility for them. It's always one excuse after another. I get so tired of seeing parents coddling their kids and not disciplining them when they should.
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