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Was it completely unreasonable of me, to deny my child's request for pancakes for breakfast?

Jemstar View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 11:34 AM Post #1
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he seems to think so. Complete with door slamming and flouncing about.

pratique View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 11:39 AM Post #2
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ignore, ignore and ignore. And if he is old enough, make him get his own breakfast.

Jenflea View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 11:45 AM Post #3
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My 2 yr old wanted ice cream for breakfast the other day. That request was denied too. Teach him how to make shake and pour pancakes, then he can make YOU pancakes next week!

Yomumma View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 11:52 AM Post #4
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No wonder we have newbies complaining about child cruelty on here with that sort of behaviour, OP

akkiandmalli View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 11:55 AM Post #5
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lol i have this requesst daily and it is always no except on Sundays when we have time. no working mama is making pancakes on a school day and onsatwehave sports early.. sorry kiddo you eat cereal or toast- dont want that then too bad!! lol i get the stomping and flouncing about but its all about the limits!!

50ftqueenie View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 11:57 AM Post #6
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Of course it was unreasonable. Didn't you know that when you gave birth you signed a special contract that makes EVERYTHING YOUR FAULT.

mummame View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 12:04 PM Post #7
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I hear you OP my son is currently bawling his eyes out in his room because he can't stay at his Nan's house tonight but next weekend is fine, he is devestated about it!

challice View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 12:41 PM Post #8
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This is truly shocking. I am calling department of family services right now.

FrogIsAFrogIsAFr... FrogIsAFrogIsAFrog View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 12:56 PM Post #9
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Yeah, you deserved that. My 11 year old flounced in the shoe shop yesterday because the store didn't have his size. Cue the high-decibel whining... I was publicly exposed as a failure of a parent. The world owes our children, and if we don't facilitate their every whim, we've failed. Condolences to your Lord Of The Manor, OP.

BetteBoop View Member Profile	08/12/2012, 01:02 PM Post #10
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I do pancakes every Saturday whether I intend to eat them or not. DD announces "it's Pancake Day!" on Saturday morning and I don't have the heart to refuse her. This morning, when I realised we were out of maple syrup and I would have to go to the shops, I almost cried. But I still made pancakes. So you're either unreasonable or very smart, depending on whether you ask my DD or me

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