Target Tantrum
I confess I was THAT Mom today with the screaming kid in Target who was having a tantrum! Before my child rearing days, (when I thought I was going to be the best parent ever) I used to look at those parents with judging eyes. I assumed those kids screaming in Target were the ones who were very spoiled by their rotten parents. Oh how little I knew. In my attempts to be the best parent ever, I decided to teach my four year old about the "true spirit of Christmas" by showing him the importance of giving to the poor. I did everything I could to prepare him. I don't normally buy my son a toy every time I am out shopping but since his Birthday was last month we had fun Birthday shopping with money he received from family. I guess he got too used to the idea of shopping for himself. Keeping this in mind, I told my son today we wouldn't be shopping for him and we needed to shop for others. In fact, I explained how today was special because we were shopping for some poor