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Seriously answering:

The day has only so many hours. If a trip to the park fits into the flow,
terrific. If it doesn't, that's something to be dealt with too.

Not all errands can be accompanied by a trip to the park or whatever will
make it fun. Sometimes it's just grocery shopping.

Of course, the Gameboy gets toted along, a book, some markers and paper, etc.


I'm not suggesting that every outing should be made to be as miserable and
boring as possible. I'm just saying that the outing sometimes cannot be
rearranged to be fun.

Nor do I think that every outing has to be a source of entertainment.
Sometimes it's just a trip to the bank or the store. Not every outing is
entertaining. To set that up as the expectation isn't real either.
Sometimes the outing involves a planned or spontaneous stop at the beach --
sometimes it doesn't.

Nance


In a message dated 9/9/2001 6:52:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
sld29@... writes:


> Nance,
>
> I'm confused, why not make it palatable? Why not turn *your* errand
> into something fun for the *child*? Might as well make as much as
> possible win-win, right? If your child wants to do something that
> doesn't really interest you, do you bring along a book or a snack or
> your journal or something to make it a little better for you? Why not
> offer this same courtesy to children? Seriously wondering,
>
> Sarah Anderson-Thimmes
>
> marbleface@... wrote:
>
> > This is nice on some days but is not always possible. And sometimes
> > an errand is just an errand. And doesn't require a trip to the park
> > to make it more palatable.
>




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