On Jul 22, 7:49 am, Banty <Banty_mem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <uekhk.389$Zf....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Sue says...
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> >"cjra" <cjroh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >> As I said, that's not a risk I'm willing to take.
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> >> I know there are plenty of things a non-parent can get her to do that
> >> I can't (or rather, she'll test us more). This isn't one I'm willing
> >> to chance. The stakes are too high.
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> >> Fortunately, after a week of both parents being very stern and
> >> insistent, she seems to have stopped it - or at least waited until
the
> >> second the car is in park. It hasn't been long enough for me to rest
> >> easy on that one though.
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> >> And no. She doesn't get away with it.
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> >I'm not sure why, it just might break the cycle. It's not like whoever
is
> >with your child wouldn't stop the car and buckle her back in. So I am
not
> >sure what risk you are speaking of. Anyway, I don't care, I just wanted
to
> >point out that kids behave much different for others than they do for
the
> >parents.
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> *A lot* of people wouldn't stop the car and buckle her back in. I'm
often
> amazed what people *won't* do saying something on the order of "that
would be
> making too big a deal of it".
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I'm fairly certain most people I know *would* buckle her back in, but
as I said, pulling over on a crowded highway is not always immediately
possible, nor is it always safe to do so. Most of our driving is
highway driving, anything in town we walk, so this has always happened
while going 65mph+, sometimes in areas with no shoulder, or two
crowded to move over quickly (and safely).
Fortunately, it lasted about a week, and she hasn't done it since, but
I'm not ready to call it problem solved yet. Now, she acts like an
airline passenger when a plane lands - as soon as the car stops, her
buckle is unfastened before you can blink.....
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