Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for June 26, 2022

These two sisters need to learn how to discipline their children. None of the 3 know how to behave.

That kid needs therapy.

That’s why they have seat belts on the carts now. I wish they did when my son was a toddler. He litterally jumped out twice while big brother was holding him down.

Some carts have seat belts. All carts should have them, apparently.

She’s probably not allowed to bring him back to that store again. I’d wager the same is true for several other stores as well. Joan needs to sign up for parenting classes, and possibly take her kid in for a mental health screening.

And who raised that out-of-control, undisciplined brat?

Normally my girls were pretty well behaved, but one day they both had the Screaming Gimmies at the grocery store. I finally put the cold stuff back in the cases, and abandoned the cart (I do have some sense of responsibility!) and took them back home.

When my kids were toddlers, we used a harness to keep them safe. Why don’t we see them now?

Years ago I was working at a fabric store when some out of control kid opened all the drawers of the pattern cabinets (they are really heavy) and the whole thing fell over.

That’s why the seats in carts have seat belts!

https://youtu.be/Es_uivijpek

The brat was never in the cart to begin with. A seat belt would not have helped. She let the boy run free.

Never had this problem, my kids knew that they had to behave themselves and they did.

New Rule, Kid Stays Home when adult goes shopping!

Has Val already forgotten what it’s like to grocery shop with small children?