White House tantrum

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3094119/Family-girl-throwing-tantrum-White-House-say-nice-girl-Obama-unfazed-outburst.html

[jonno99]

1. My kids NEVER did that (I wish 8^) nt

[leftofcool]

3. Oh, mine either............fingers crossed behind my back

[tblue37]

22. Actually, I did home daycare for 18 years, and my kids never did that.

Well, once--sort of.

I raised or helped raise 37 kids (my 2 and 35 others) over those 18 years, and the only "tantrum" I ever had to deal with was an 8-year-old boy who was amped up after having had his asthma treatment, so when he started bouncing off the walls and I went to sit him on the couch to calm down, he started struggling, kicking, and flailing his arms. He ended up kicking me hard in the shin. He wasn't trying to kick me, but that's what happened.

But he wasn't normally like that at all. It's just that sometimes his ventilator treatment would get him too hyper, and this time he really lost control of himself.

[leftofcool]

2. Notice that they are all laughing their asses off!

[brer cat]

4. And PBO is saying

"See this...just like the republicans on the Hill."

[Cha]

10. LOL.. the look on his and Michelle's faces are priceless!

brer

[gratuitous]

12. I was thinking

"And she's STILL more mature than Louie Gohmert!"

[freshwest]

17. You know, the hand gesture seems to agree with that. "See what I put up with?" n/t

[Cha]

24. Totes!

AKA/Totally!

[procon]

5. LOL - That poor kid will never live this down.

Don't you know her parents are going to remind her of her day of national shame every time she acts out. They will drag out that photo for every family gathering, and use it in the future to warn off prospective suitors who might wonder what awaits them with their darling daughter.

[jonno99]

9. Yep - that pic is going on the high-school graduation picture board! nt

[amb123]

6. If I and my brother did that ...

Our mom would have said, "I don't know whose kids they are. They're not mine."

[freshwest]

7. LOL! Reminds me of my baby shower. All the women were from Mexico. One (a university professor)

threw herself down on the floor just like that, legs flailing as well, screaming shrilly (in Spanish, of course) and my eyes nearly bugged out. I just gaped!

Because MY little one wasn't going to be that way...

Or so I thought, I was so naive.

A couple of years later kid didn't want to leave the Pottery Barn no matter how I reasoned it out.

I had to hoist said darling over my shoulder and kept walking, as reasoning did no good. I had the advantage, but those legs were flailing, and fists were pounding my back, and there was THE SCREAMING. Which I fully accepted and acted as if NOTHING WAS HAPPENING.

Having gently vanquished said public tantrum, nothing more was said and we drove home. And forgot about it until now.

So that childhood event was exactly as predicted...

EDIT to add:

That was near the end of the pregnancy. The baby shower at work was managed by the black ladies at my job. They bought me all kinds of things that I had no idea what they were for.

One lady said, 'She has no idea about having babies.' They decided to take special care of me and even followed me to the bathroom to make sure I didn't go into labor by myself. Yes, I had NO IDEA what I was getting into.

[Liberal_in_LA]

13. I survived public tantrums with my nephews. so embarrassing

[freshwest]

15. I think the embarrassment depends on location. In one state, the kid threw a tantrum over something.

I had an inability to pay for some shiny piece of junk and no matter how I tried to explain, the tantrum continued. People were looking at me as if to say:

'What are you doing to that kid?'

In my home state, when same kid played the same routine for the same reason with the same response from me, KIDS walked up and said to my little angel:

'What are you doing talking like that to her? She's your MOM.'

Public reception makes a lot of difference. Although I had a sister-in-law who said:

'Children are born to shame you in public.'

Sorry you were embarrassed. In one situation I was embarrassed, in the other, pleasantly relieved.

Still, except for the first instance, I was really stressed. I should have mentioned that I had some of the neighborhood kids with me on the trip to Pottery Barn.

They followed right behind us pushing the cart and rolling their eyes at the antics. They gave me some emotional support.

Oh, kid is very nice now, though...

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. candy at the cash register would set them off. as I recall some stores created candy free lanes

To help parents out

[freshwest]

19. Oh, every time I go to a grocery store, a kid is tratrumming over candy. Ads and sugar, oh no! n/t

[tblue37]

21. LOL! I just had this image of a university professor at your baby shower--throwing

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"herself down on the floor . . . legs flailing as well, screaming shrilly (in Spanish, of course).

I teach college, and I have seen some arguments in meetings--but I never saw any professors throwing a tantrum like that! I wish I could have seen it.

[freshwest]

23. Well, it was an example of a baby tantrum. All the women tried to tell me what to expect! It really

was hilarious. The emphasis was on children doing... well, things that adults don't do, you know. I grew up in a very staid family and was the last child after a long gap with elderly folks.

My friend was a university professor in Mexico, but as things came unwound there, her husband who had an MBA and her folks who were univeristy educated, were without work and came here to get whatever they could get.

She was one of ten children who their parents worked hard to put through college, but when the jobs are gone, that's it, gotta keep going. But they never complained about coming here doing menial work and sent most of their money back home.

They lived very frugally and were generous and a lot of fun. I miss them, they finally moved home again. Oh, and she was very young and lovely, too.

[jwirr]

8. Come on Mr President - you are good with children. Think of something to do.

[morningfog]

14. He's doing it. Giving them space to gain self control.

[jwirr]

16. LOL

[Cha]

11. Thanks Obama! Mahalo LinLA

[tblue37]

20. Heh heh heh--I thought this was going to be about his frustration with TTP critics. nt

[aikoaiko]

25. Ive seen that before. Its not a tantrum. Its just that fresh.

Someone's been using Fabreze.

[Liberal_in_LA]

26. lol

[kairos12]

27. Strike the pose for Ted Cruz.