"I know the number for supernanny".

[TotalChaos]

a random passerby decided this would be a helpful comment when DS was having a meltdown at the bus stop . I suppose I was pushing it taking him into town after school to buy some new school shoes. When we finally got on the bus he was still shrieking 5 minutes later, so I did what I rarely do, and just gave up and went home again. Told him he's not allowed CBeebies tonight. Cross fingers that makes an impression. As otherwise I'm going to have develop a rhino hind on public transport. Or learn to drive.

what a wanker the person who said that to you.

Clearly not helpful but if it had been said to someone who was mistreating their child, maybe it would have made them think.

it sounds too sarcy to be productive to me. I would hope a person would say something more grown up sounding if they thought a child was being mistreated!

agree hereI. Mind you DS obviously thought he was being mistreated being taken shoe-shopping in town after school

Oh (shudders) shoe shopping!! Were they trying to make you laugh?

Stupid person . I'd have wanted to ask the ignorant f*wit whether "Supernanny" could help them with their idiotic comments and complete lack of tact and sense.

DS2 wouldn't have known what that meant

If you see them again ask her for it

So how many of us put shoe-shopping in the top ten of dreaded activities?

my son's deformed feet will no doubt testify to the level of my fear when entering Clarks. Abandon hope and don earphones all ye all enter, etc, etc.

post-school really is the witching hour isn't it?

I don't take DS2 shoe shopping if i can help it. And we enevr go to Clarks (can't really afford it tbh) as i can measure his feet myself, find shoes and pay at a cheaper store QUICKER than i can at Clarks - what with the faffing around and him having to sit the wrong way on the shoe bench and the waiting, and the stuffing his feet into clowns shoes and him wanting pink shoes and him having to have the same lady as last time wearing the same thing as last time, having to PARK in the same place as last time....ahem

sorry

but at least he doesn't want the same SHOES as last time as mine will....

maybe there is a shoe stretching service somewhere?

i haven;t had that happen lingle

yet

What a moron, probably doesnt have children.

Very strangely I maybe able to help with the shoe situation, someone gave me a link to a Clarks online store, may take me a while to dig it up out of favourites, but I will have a go, maybe worth a look, if you know measurements.

Sorry meant to say they sell Clarks but cheaper, its not their online store.

I had a Supernanny comment from my mum when ds1 was upset about walking via the 'wrong' route in a park a few years ago. "On Supernanny she always does XYZ" or something similar. I almost joined ds1 in his meltdown.

I bet you were tempted to tell the passerby where they could put that number.

Fingers crossed for you that "Shoe Shopping: The Sequel" goes much better.

Oooh yes please Alfiemama.

Im still searching for it Lingle but will find it

Its a pretty bizaar comment to make to any child. surely a child young enough to be bothered by such a threat shouldn't have suffered seen an episode of the show?

It does irritate me when people try to intervene when Ds has a meltdown though. it is really unhelpfull....though i understand they dont realise.

find it Lingle, hope its ok, site doesnt look amazing but prises look good

www.shoesforkids.co.uk/

TC I'm surprised you didn't ask them for it.After all, why didn't you think of getting it direct from Channel 4?!

I hate people who have to stick their two pence in. DS2 had loads of meltdown before Christmas, and the amount of people who said to him "Santa wont come"!!! Sometimes I feel like getting a big neon sign made for over ds2's head saying "He doesn't understand you!!"

I find shoe shopping ok, as long as I can pin ds2 down, and he doesnt sit anywhere near the electronic measuring thingy, otherwise he is hell in human form.

thank you

we watch very little telly other than cbeebies (the sort of stuff I like is Sopranos/Homicide so wholly unsuitable for a 4 year old!), so the reference went over his head. Having calmed down I do see it was an attempt at the famed Scouse humour .

alfiemama - thanks for the link.

yes, shoe shopping is a PITA - had to bribe DS with a Diego book for his school shoes in September.

Thanks for the support ladies.

Thats the advantage of ds2 having CP, i just take his splints shoe shopping & leave him at home.. so no ASD shoe shop meltdowns for me.
I believe that after school the devils child appears, i wouldn't take my nt child shopping then let alone the sn one.
You are a brave, brave lady

Your welcome Tc.

Luckily Alf quite likes shoe shopping, because the lady always straightens his socks

i was just thinking as I was reading these posts:

"I wonder if the kids who appear on 'supernanny' are 'vetted' first for real problems/difficulties, that said 'supernanny' would actually be pretty crap at, as opposed to those just plainly badly behaved mis-managed kids?"

sorry if thats a little O/T, but worth a thought i feel. As aforementioned 'super'nanny doesnt seem to touch children with real problems with a bargepole!