Out with DD at an event this pm which included food; we sat with another family we know quite well. Chat etc was fine, but I was amazed by the behaviour of the children.
They are bright kids and their parents seem pleasant but I was taken aback when the 7yo pushed back her plate and declared she couldn't eat the beans they were yukky, like a toddler really; then started pinging them on to the table - when I put them back on the edge of her plate she cried out and threw them on the table again.
Then she put pepper on my plate - at this point her dad remonstrated rather feebly "Don't do that Daisy" the other kids who are 13 and 10 thought it was hilarious and started putting salt and pepper into everyone's drinks. Very little was done, mum raises her eyebrows and says "goodness they are wild". One of the kids even took me to task for the way I said glass (with a short vowel thanks - I am from the northern wastes of the East Mids, as are they!).
I hope my DC behave better in adult company - certainly they are no angels and don't always use knife and fork but at least they don't throw food on the tablecloth or put salt in someone's drink!
Gosh sorry for rant, just wanted some assurance that I am not expecting too much from today's kids
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Clary · 27/10/2012 23:00
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