2010/10/25 Dublin
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Platoon sergeant

Parking lot

On Sunday afternoon the entrance of restaurant Milano on Dawson Street resembles a parking lot for strollers.
Next to our table a young couple with their two young children were eating a pizza.
After a few bites one of the children threw a fit.
Whatever the parents tried the child wouldn't stop crying.
The father stepped outside with the toddler.
The mother tried to finish her pizza but it was clear that she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
For the first time that I realized that parenthood is war. It’s not something you should do with your beloved one – it’s something you should do with the assistance of a platoon sergeant, a nurse, a cook and a couple of dogs.


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St. Augustine
This reminds me of reading St. Augustine's Confessiones. He mentioned the 'sins of babies'.
said Thomas L 25/10/2010 00:46 (Updated 00:46) • x
A colleague of mine, who travels a lot, once told me that he was very surprised that little children in the so called third world are mostly easy going and relaxed. Indeed, in our countries in the West you see a lot of crying, shouting and misbehaving toddlers.
Can anyone confirm this?
said Bernard f 25/10/2010 14:12 (Updated 14:12) • x
Bernard
Malnutrition?
said Mieke Dutoit 25/10/2010 14:15 • x
@Mieke
Malnutrition? Here or over there ? (Here, he kids are always eating, it seems to me)
said Bernard f 25/10/2010 14:28 • x
Too many sugars over here, too little nutrients over there?
said Mieke Dutoit 25/10/2010 14:41 • x
Poor children mature early
& parenting is also very different
I mean the child is rarely the only responsable for this kind of temper ...
said Francette Pontonnier 25/10/2010 16:08 • x
Francette Pontonnier
I was a rich child. Does this mean I matured late?
said L. David 25/10/2010 20:36 • x
interesting entry on the day my son was born!
said h an 28/10/2010 01:24 • x
L.David
No.
said josiane pollet 29/10/2010 21:12 • x
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