Apr
So I just came back from the city wide easter egg hunt at the local park. There were 3 age groups (2-4) (5-7) (8-10), and I was disgusted by the things some other parents are teaching their children. The way it works is you get an empty egg, and though some have stickers for better prizes, most are empty. You then stand in a line and trade how ever many eggs you got for one baggie full of candy. So you can have one egg, or 20, but you get the same amount of prizes, there are only 3 w/ stickers and bigger prizes, one for each age group.
There were people tripping over their own kids to make sure they got 15 or 20 eggs, and luckily, my daughter got one in the fray, so she got her prize. I was wishing I could have helped her get more, so I could show her how to share. But there were children there w/ like 20 eggs, and when the parents of the kids who were a tiny shy asked those children's parents if they could have an egg so their tiny one could get a prize, the other parents literally cussed them out and told em “Too f-ing bad, my kid got em!” How rude is that? Instruct children to share, not be selfish tiny pigs. My fiance almost pulled me outta the park cause we were standing behind one such family, with 2 children and over 20 eggs between em, who were gloating, so I was running my mouth about how rude and ignorant people are(it's the hormones, I swear, normally I'm a silent person who ignores such behavior, lol) and my fiance stated I was embarassing him. LOL my response “We're not the ones who should be embarassed, our kid isn't a greedy little brat, and the next one won't be one either”
Any other parents disgusted by their children's peers and the parents you will have to deal with through normal social situations for your child's entire school career, doctor's visits, etc.?
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ours doesnt start for 2 more hours and ive never been to one of these things before. well, this is a very small town so i hope it wont be like that. this is his first easter egg hunt and i dont want it to be a horrible experience for him or me
edit: i just got back from the egg hunt, my sons first egg hunt was a joke. the section was 2-5 and i think it should have been broken down into a smaller group, like 2-3. the parents were the ones in there grabbing all the eggs and running the children over. my sons eggs were getting taken and parents started slicing him off and almost trampled over him. thats when i took him outa there. i wont be taking him back next year
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..you call them greedy tiny brats but yet your acting the same way are you not? i agree with your fiance i would have been embarassed of you too. Your acting no superior then those parents and those children that you are speaking about. by running your mouth your not solving a thing, your just making more problems.
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Actually this was the first year we went to an easter egg hunt and I was pretty disappointed too. Our age group was toddler to 4 year old. I’ve a 19 month old and an almost 5 year old, so I sent them in together. Of course it was only the big kids who got any eggs. Parents weren't even allowed to go in with the babies, so my baby came out with nothing. My 4 year old came out with 3 eggs. He told me he spilled his eggs on accident and the other children snatched them up. The worse part was that there was no announcement saying you had to trade empty eggs for prizes, so I had no clue. On our way home my son cracked open his 3 eggs and discovered they were empty…. I don't think I'll be going to another one.
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This one reason I don't take my children to them. I went one time when my older son was 1 year of age. They do baby and toddler I think. The egss were real eggs boiled and colored. But had numbers. If you get numbers they get a prize. I keep hearing parents telling them to get those eggs. My son was lucky he got one. That was it. I never went back because I can't stand it and it wrong for parents to do that. It seems that parents want the prize not for their children. I think child get eggs they see not want their parents tell them. I did that and I seen one number egg so I bring my son to that egg, But I sure didn't tell him to every egg that has a number on it. I do my own Easter egg hunt for my kids. This day my two older boys are going to my aunt work since she signed them up for Easter egg hunt. That we are going now since it time to go..
Edit.. Got back from my aunt work. They let kids under the age of 5 go out first. My 4 year old got to go in that. They begin collecting eggs. Then they send out the older children. I did notice that one child that age around my youngest son got a lot of eggs even more then my two boys got. But my boys didn't seem to care. That got candy in them. It was fun for them.. I would go back to my aunt work to Easter egg hunt again.
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I have never came across a situation like this. Whenever we have ours the parents are always so friendly/giving. My daughter wasn’t that old at all at the time . . she wasn't even a year yet. My son would of been just passed 2 years. We had a similar, but different set up then you did. We’d hollow eggs filled with treats/coupons that sort of thing. Whoever collected the most eggs (in each category) got a big prize.
My son did fairly well, my daughter obviously didn't participate. Once was all said and done, if there were children that didn't have any most parents had their children go over and drop a couple eggs in that kids basket. Someone even gave my daughter a couple eggs with a couple stuffed bunnies in them. So in the end some children did superior off then others . .but everyone walked away with something because everyone took others into consideration. So I never had to experience anything like that.
I think its important to instruct your kids to share, but on the same token in that situation, if people do not want to share then they have the right to not share. It doesn't necessarily make you a bad person cause you select not to . . . but it definitely shows a truly kind person when they do.
Ours doesn't officially start until this afternoon after lunch. However we really enjoyed last years =)