If I give a kid crayons, does that mean he or she should be expected to cry or scream without end?

[JVS]

[rug]

1. Only if you forgot the pink crayon.

[Left Is Write]

2. No, usually it stops the crying and screaming.

[JVS]

5. So could we make the claim that giving those things out is a sign that...

you hope to avoid such behavior on the child's part?

[Left Is Write]

6. Yeah.

If I had a crying child in the gym daycare, I would offer him crayons and paper. It usually worked like a charm. Of course, sometimes they wanted to EAT the crayons.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. If they jab it up their nose, yes.

[idgiehkt]

4. depends

was it the big 64 ct. box with the sharpener in the back? If not, well, there you go...

[Dastard Stepchild]

7. Only if they viciously hate crayons...

In which case, you should probably remove them from their visual periphery.

[madinmaryland]

8. Only if you do it the Olive Garden, while talking on your cell phone!

:evilgrin:

[MichiganVote]

9. BUT I WANT MARKERS!!!! Bwaaaaaaaaaa:(:(:(

[nickgutierrez]

10. If he/she eats them, maybe. n/t

[Forkboy]

11. If I start a continuation of a thread from another forum...

...does that mean I gave up on the first one? ;)

[JVS]

12. This is not giving up or continuing, it is research

[Forkboy]

13. lol...touche!

:D