I'm sooooooooooooo cross I'm fuming

Rowan · 24-01-2010, 09:59 AM

Not often I lose my rag but this morning I lost it big time.

And I know you guys will understand.

The kids had got up early and I could hear them downstairs and lay in bed for 10 mins just listening.

It went quiet........... That signals to me that something has gone wrong.

I came downstairs to find that they had been "playing" with the tortoises. They're water bowl completely filled with dirt and both torts covered in wet dirt and looking shell shocked..........

I have no idea what was going through the kids heads. They not to do such things and are envolved in looking after them, picking weeds, taking the temp of their baths observing them. They always ask if they can touch them or stroke their shells.

I.ve got them writing lines "Tortoises are not toys" and "I will be good". I've talked with them explaining they are living creatures that feel and sense things. I just don'y know hat else to do.

Anyway that's my rant over with!

Thank you for you ears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tartaruga amore · 24-01-2010, 10:35 AM

oh well done, wish there was more parents like you,
i cant even stand to see kids lashing out with their feet at pigeons, with parents looking on laughing

Rowan · 24-01-2010, 10:44 AM

Thank you! I feel that I over reacted but I can't allow this sort of behaviour.

I'm with you about the pigeons too I hate it... The thing is they're not my children they're my OH's which makes it even more hard...

I hope I've done the right thing?

tartaruga amore · 24-01-2010, 10:48 AM

no i dont think you over reacted, but i do know how difficult it can be dealing with the o/h's kids

alice_boots · 24-01-2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by tartaruga amore

i cant even stand to see kids lashing out with their feet at pigeons, with parents looking on laughing

Me too, I can't stand that sort of thing!!

And why do they find it funny anyway!??

**Bindi** · 24-01-2010, 11:30 AM

I think that curiosity is a powerful thing and sometimes it just gets the better of kids sometimes. They know they shouldn't but they like to find out what if...

Rowan · 24-01-2010, 11:51 AM

They certainly found out what if, Bindi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We're now back to normal and both have said sorry.

Mrs Frog · 24-01-2010, 04:40 PM

I am sure it will never happen again

when my son was 4 he had two friends to play,a boy and a girl,when they had gone home my son said that the girl had taken a fish out of his tank and tried to see if it would swim on the carpet

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I was horrified,I rang the mother of the child and she told me that My son should not have a pet in his bedroom

Thankfully the fish was ok

kreacher · 25-01-2010, 12:58 PM

I had this problem with my daughter once who decided to feed the snakes! (12ft boa and 3ft child aaaaahhhhh!!) when she was a lot younger...I think curiosity just takes the better of them and they don't think about what they are actually doing...Freyja has never done anything with them since without us about but they are all under lock and key for when baby is bigger!!

24-01-2010, 09:59 AM	#1
Rowan Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bury St Edmunds Posts: 1,703	I'm sooooooooooooo cross I'm fuming Not often I lose my rag but this morning I lost it big time. And I know you guys will understand. The kids had got up early and I could hear them downstairs and lay in bed for 10 mins just listening. It went quiet........... That signals to me that something has gone wrong. I came downstairs to find that they had been "playing" with the tortoises. They're water bowl completely filled with dirt and both torts covered in wet dirt and looking shell shocked.......... I have no idea what was going through the kids heads. They not to do such things and are envolved in looking after them, picking weeds, taking the temp of their baths observing them. They always ask if they can touch them or stroke their shells. I.ve got them writing lines "Tortoises are not toys" and "I will be good". I've talked with them explaining they are living creatures that feel and sense things. I just don'y know hat else to do. Anyway that's my rant over with! Thank you for you ears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

24-01-2010, 11:30 AM	#6
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	I think that curiosity is a powerful thing and sometimes it just gets the better of kids sometimes. They know they shouldn't but they like to find out what if... __________________

24-01-2010, 04:40 PM	#8
Mrs Frog Senior Member Adult Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 4,419	I am sure it will never happen again when my son was 4 he had two friends to play,a boy and a girl,when they had gone home my son said that the girl had taken a fish out of his tank and tried to see if it would swim on the carpet . I was horrified,I rang the mother of the child and she told me that My son should not have a pet in his bedroom Thankfully the fish was ok __________________ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1442...06053/?fref=nf

24-01-2010, 10:35 AM	#2
tartaruga amore Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,353	oh well done, wish there was more parents like you, i cant even stand to see kids lashing out with their feet at pigeons, with parents looking on laughing

24-01-2010, 10:44 AM	#3
Rowan Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bury St Edmunds Posts: 1,703	Thank you! I feel that I over reacted but I can't allow this sort of behaviour. I'm with you about the pigeons too I hate it... The thing is they're not my children they're my OH's which makes it even more hard... I hope I've done the right thing?

24-01-2010, 10:48 AM	#4
tartaruga amore Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,353	no i dont think you over reacted, but i do know how difficult it can be dealing with the o/h's kids

24-01-2010, 11:51 AM	#7
Rowan Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bury St Edmunds Posts: 1,703	They certainly found out what if, Bindi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We're now back to normal and both have said sorry.

25-01-2010, 12:58 PM	#9
kreacher Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,718	I had this problem with my daughter once who decided to feed the snakes! (12ft boa and 3ft child aaaaahhhhh!!) when she was a lot younger...I think curiosity just takes the better of them and they don't think about what they are actually doing...Freyja has never done anything with them since without us about but they are all under lock and key for when baby is bigger!!

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