Earlier in the week, I wrote a post about Kate, from Jon and Kate Plus 8 and the photograph of her spanking her 5 year old daughter for blowing a whistle while she was on the phone.
Someone once gave my son a whistle on his 5th birthday just to play with us.
That whistle went directly to a special high up cabinet in my kitchen where I kept items that my kids would never see. Prevention.
My question to you….
If your child were blowing a whistle while you were on the phone,
what would you do?
Would you take the whistle away?
Would you spank?
Would you do anything else?
UUUUrrrggghhh…the weather.
Can’t we just have a normal week of 80 degree sunshine?
Just one week of no heavy rain or cool temperatures?
i'd take the whistle away and like you… make it disappear…
I would just take the whistle away. Doesn't seem worthy of a spanking.
I would take it when I saw it laying round and than say 'where did you put it when you last had it?' since no one in my house ever puts anything away no one ever knows where they put anything. its perfect for losing things i hate
tracy
If I had asked them to stop blowing the whistle nicely and they didn't stop. I would've warn them first then throw it in the trash.
My kids can be quite loud just using their voices, so before I make or take a phone call, I always notify them, because they know to try and be quiet when I'm on the phone. Sometimes they're loud anyway, but that usually does the trick.
Oh, and my kids have had whistles, which have somehow just magically disappeared…
What a great topic for conversation today!
I would make the whistle disappear
OR….
I would give them one warning and if they didnt listen, then it would somehow find the garbage.
I personally don't think its fair since Kate is probably under completely different stresses then any other mom. Plus, tv usually doesn't let us see the whole pic.
I would simply have taken the whistle away. I always made certain any whistles the kids received when young magically disappeared. 😉
I would simply have taken the whistle away. I always made certain any whistles the kids received when young magically disappeared. 😉
I would take the whistle away and give a warning of a time out if a fit took place after this. I know that simply taking it away would not end the matter with my boys. I think that this hoopla with Kate and the spanking is crazy. We only saw part of the story and not the entire incident. We do not know what happened or was said before this. Was the child told that if she did this again there would be something next? Who knows.
I'd take the whistle. If this wasn't the first warning, I'd do a time-out. Spank? Nah. But that's just me.
Happy friday!
take it away I wouldnt have given it to my child in the first place problem solved
I would do what I always do with the toys or dollar store lollipops that he gets as a gift but are just problems waiting to happen. Take tame to Far, Far, Away land.
We are having bad weather too. Aaargh
I would not only take it away, it would hit file 13 quickly never to be returned 🙂
I'd tell her to stop, and that if she didn't, I'd take the whistle away. If she didn't stop, bye bye whistle.
I'd just take the whistle away.
I'd take it away. I'm pretty anti spanking.
I would take the whistle away and hide it.
It's cloudy and gloomy here. Wonder if we will see the storms they have been saying we would have. So far just a sprinkle…. Just wish it was warm out so we could go swimming…
My kids have done that in the library but the library gave it to them. I took it and told them they could have it back later. They forgot all about it. Sneaky mommy!
I would take the whistle away. If there was a fit afterward she would get a very stern warning. And yes I have spanked my child. She probably got around 3 her whole life but they were over serious issues.
I would take the whistle away and then have to endure the coming tantrum. I guess the phone call would be over either way!
id say when not in the situ its easy to say what one would do. in reality i dont know…everyone has a day when u just dont feel like hearing, caring or simply being a mom so….
regarding sunshine come here its too hot to even think!
Definitely not spank, because we don't. I would just frown at them and take the thing away!