Well at least she knew what a terror he was! Good on you for not tossing her out!

I will have to remember that one- I told Mom I was taking them to the zoo on Monday, and after today might leave them there. better write in a no Timmy clause in that contract :)

Oh dear. I almost feel sorry for the circus.

Actually I feel sorry for all the teachers he's going to have - and knowing my luck, I'll get the little terror when he makes it to middle school.

I'm so happy you're back!

OMFG, I am so sorry for you as a mother of a toddler. I would have beat my child senseless had he pulled a stunt like that. However, I don't put up with things like that from him and I am FAR from soft spoken. Good luck with that.

As as a mother of a toddler, I now know to NEVER think NOR say ANYTHING along the lines of "motherless people don't understand". They're SMARTER! They understand BETTER because they can love others chittlins then give them BACK. Kudos to you for keeping your cool, girl! I am terribly sorry for you that there are morons out there who shouldn't reproduce to begin with, then curse the world with what they've created.

I love your blog but have never commented. The "giant Pamper wedgie" cracked me up! As a mother of 2 very young children, I have to say I would do whatever it took not to bring a child to a meeting with a caterer or anywhere that required my concentration. It sounded like a nervewracking experience whether you have kids or not. Glad you made it through without permanent damage. (-:

Honestly? It's not the childless couples that are the issue. It's the parents of the Terrible Timmys of the world who are the problem.

As the Mommy of a Terrible Two Toddler, I can say that I never would have allowed Destructo to behave that way. Even at 2 y/o he knows there are limits. At least the Mom recognized that there were "issues".....

I'm with the other Moms who have posted. And I'll tell ya - every time I hear, "Your children are so polite! You're so lucky!" I cringe. I do appreciate the compliment to my children's behavior in public, but no, I'm not lucky. I've spent the past 14 years training my children to be Productive Citizens and it has been kinda hard.

And of course they're not perfect, and had the potential to pull a Timmy during their toddlerhoods. But if they had, we would've be outta there!

And God bless all you other moms who take the time and effort to raise not-Timmys.

Nice that she realized how evil Timmy Terror was, but not nice that she didn't do anything about it!

Oh thank goodness she wasn't a blissfully ignorant parent! I'm the mom of a fairly fast moving four and a half year old... but my child doesn't get to go anywhere unless he behaves. It has been kind of a PITA in the past when *I* wanted to go somewhere but *he* had just lost 'going out with adults' privileges... but it's been worth it.

I'm not an parenting expert... just an expert in parenting my own child!

As a mother, I just have to say...maybe if she put some sterness in her voice, there wouldn't have been that little display? :-) Forget sterness...maybe if she'd picked him up and whacked his cute little bottom? Moms like her give the rest of us a bad name, the rest of us who for one, get someone to watch our kids if we have a meeting that kids should not be at, two, teach our kids to behave better than that, and three, remind our kids a little more sternly if they forget their better natures....

Believe it or not, there are kids that stern voices and public floggings, only makes their behavior worse.

Mine stayed at home for meetings of any kind, unless they are with his doctor...and I've been tempted to leave him behind for those at times too. He's six now and will take over the world somewhere around age 11...watch for him.

there are truly some children who can't be tamed. My best friend has four. Three behave. That fourth one... you can see the glint in her eye from 20 yards away.

I just found your site today and, OMG!! You have had me in stitches from the first click of the mouse, girl! I read one post where someone mentioned that you should write a book. I could NOT agree more!! Was your Mom Erma Bombeck?? I have several of her books and refuse to part with them. They are the only books that I have reread. Clearly, you've got more tricks up your sleeve!

Carry on!
Annette, from Everett, Washington (State)

That was the perfect comment to come out of mommy's mouth! That poor, poor woman. At least she's not totally deluded where her kid is concerned (she was probably happy about not having to hire a sitter because they probably have a no-Timmy clause in the national babysitter's handbook).

The word we like to use is "Child-Free", not "Child-less"...