Toys'R'Us & Borders

in nomine patri, et filii, et spiritui sancto, amen

a couple of posts back, i had said toys'r'us is heaven on earth for kids ... well, i think paradise is just next door and it's called borders!

i have spent the past couple of weekends at the toys'r'us at forum galleria followed by borders at wheelock place.... that elise and eliza are beginning to think its a right! i have learnt that to handle kids, there must never be such a thing as a right or an entitlement! everything should be a privilege.... cos' i believe having elise and eliza learning this from young will make them not to take things for granted as well as to treasure and be grateful for whatever they have ... for both material or immaterial things

so i am very proud to say that wherever we bring elise and eliza, they have never demanded for us to buy something for them, be it a toy or a book (what else right??) there is still the occasional incredible sulk but no tantrums or rolling on the ground if their demands are not met.

i shudder whenever i see parents being held ransom by kids for something ... the screaming, the crying, the jumping, the rolling .....all these to drive the parents to concede defeat and buy the object.

i am blessed in that elise and eliza remember what mommy and i have told them - that tantrums get them nowhere, and worse, no more shopping trips if it happens.... so both elise and eliza have been generally well behaved.

so toys'r'us and borders are still on the itinery on saturdays after elise's class...

in nomine patri, et filii, et spiritui sancto, amen