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How many times have you decided to stay home and avoid going into public places for fear that your child may act inappropriately? Taking children into places or situations that they are not familiar with can be a challenge; especially places that offer food, toys and other distracting objects. Author, Patricia Wipfler, provides parenting tips that will get you out of the house and on the road to public places with your child. Her parenting suggestions include child development situations and parenting hints that will help you have a successful experience with your child outside of the home.

Children in Public Places

 

We live in a society that has a demanding and judgmental attitude toward parents and young children. Often, the attitude toward children in public is that they should be seen and not heard, that the parent should be “in control” of the child’s behavior, and that children who are having feelings in public are a nuisance. In short, children are not really welcome. Their freshness, curiosity, and frank expressions of feelings are not seen as a gift. In addition, the childrearing tradition that has been handed down to most of us sets us against our children when their behavior isn’t convenient for adults. Others expect us to criticize, use harsh words, punish, isolate, shame, threaten, or physically attack a child who is “misbehaving.” No parent really wants to act like an adversary to the child he loves. We treat our beloved children in these ways when we can’t think of anything else to do, or when we fear the disapproval of others.

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