On the upcoming episode of The New Adventures of Old Christine, Julia Louis-Dreyfus's character (Old Christine) attempts to bribe a girl into keeping her date for the school dance with her son Ritchie. I have to say, as a mother, that resorting to bribery does not seem too far out there when it comes to protecting your child.I know that my nearly 6 year old son probably does not remember this, but when he was smaller, these older kids tried to bully him at the playspace in the mall. They told him that he was not allowed on the a particular play structure. Having overheard this, I went over to my son, picked him up and put him on the structure. Then a stared at the bully daring him to say something else.
I'm sure as my son gets older, we will be adding more to the list of things I would do to protect him and bribery could very well be one of them. After all, a mother must protect her young, right?
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my sister got me hooked on that show! she is hilarious! what a sweet story, glad you put that bully in his place!
Posted on November 3, 2009 8:33 PM
aaw thats sweet. I'm not a mother but I'd do it for my child if the situation arose. Kids can be cruel sometimes.
Posted on November 4, 2009 11:45 AM
Way to go, Mom! I did that at Golden Gate park in San Francisco when a group of thuggy teen girls told my two boys who were 9 and 7 to get off a play structure cause it was "theirs". I went over and gave them an earful and told my kids they could get back on. We left after a short bit and I took my kids over for ice cream cause honestly I thought they might all gang up on me and no one else looked like they cared. But, I'd do it again.
Posted on November 5, 2009 2:06 AM
My daughter is still young enough that nothing like this has happened yet to provoke my mama bear instincts. But I also can't promise that I wouldn't resort to bribery in this situation!
Posted on November 5, 2009 11:34 AM
I haven't watched this show but I've heard good things about it. My mother had a tendency to meddle in my affairs a little more than I would have liked, it's a lot easier to understand her motivation now that I have kids of my own.
Posted on November 5, 2009 4:11 PM
I just watched this show for the first time last week, and thought it was halarious!
Posted on November 5, 2009 6:46 PM
Good for you mom! I've done the same thing at a playground when my son was little and a bigger kid told my son he couldn't do something. I let my kid do it and he did SO much better than the older ones. We BOTH felt soooo COOL!!!
That instinct still comes in to this day, after the incident at Fort Hood yesterday, I had to call my son, an Army soldier (no where near Texas) just to see if he was OK, as he had lost some of his "family", and to let him know that I was here for him.
Posted on November 6, 2009 10:18 AM