Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Today I joined an Educational Tour of a Montessori Class. It was fun to be with all these kids and it definitely has made me as well as the other grown-ups tired. From Wetlands, to Crocolandia, to Go-Nuts, and the Air Base… beating the heat of the sun… the children run back and forth with their guardians (mom, dad, lola, yaya) following as closely as they could.
One thing I noticed though when we reached Go Nuts was a mother scolding her daughter upfront. Well…. yes maybe the child was careless. But did she deserve to be scolded in front of a lot of people? The reason why she was being scolded was she let someone hold her toy and she forgot who it was. When we were on our way to the Air Base, the child was told to walk down the aisle of the bus to see if the person she handed her toy to was there. And hey… guess what? The bus was running then…
I wonder what the reaction of the mother would be if her child slipped while looking. Did she not ever realize that with over 300 people (adults and children combined), she was lucky that nothing happened to her child. Anyhow… as we were entering the gate of the Air Base, the mother went down our bus and transferred to the other bus looking for the toy and left the child embarassed and all alone…practically in tears. Well… the mother found the toy in the next bus with the lady who was keeping it for the child. The toy? It was a small plastic crocodile that her mother bought in Crocolandia for I think P100!!!!
Yes, P100 is still hard earned money. But is it worth it to put your child through the shame and embarassment…scolding her in front of people? Couldn’t you put off reminding/reprimanding/scolding your child for at least a few more hours till your home or till you are both alone? I do not have a child of my own but I would rather loose P100 than have my 5 year old child remember that I embarassed her in front of people.
