I have been sitting on this topic for a few months now as I did not know how to approach it. I fully assume that someday when my kids are grown and I am still writing this blog that they might go back and read about some of the stories from when they were young, AKA now. So I will just come out and say sorry now.
So here is the back story. My wife and I were at Target with our 3 daughters, so we were already playing zone defense on 3 kids 1 of which was extremely, extremely tired. Did I mention how tired she was? Well we told her we were not going to buy her some piece of crap toy at the check out, that is when it happened. she threw the tantrum to end all tantrums. Jo looked at me and told me, without saying a word, to get her out of here. So I picked her up and started for the door. On the way to the door she started screaming in my ear, to the point I could not hear out of my right ear for about 2 hours. I already have some damage to that ear so it was really painful. then she tries to scratch me in the face. I was able to use one of my hands to block. Then she starts kicking, mind you all of this happens in the store, with employees staring at me like I am stealing this kid. Luckily for me it is a Target that knows us. So back to the kicking. She is flailing about and is looking down to see where she is landing the kicks. then she gets her little 5 year old foot where she wants it, right in the crotch. I almost went down, not like the time she punched me full force in the nuts the day of my vasectomy, but it hurt. i get her out to the car get her into her car seat and start the car and stand outside with the door open just in case she got herself unbuckled. Jo came out with the other 2 and we went home, end of story.
Do i know why she threw the tantrum, yes, of course I do. Do I know why kids throw tantrums, again yes. Why did I write about this? I don't know, maybe to give those out there a view into what you could possibly deal with as a parent. I always say, if you want to keep kids from having sex, send them to my house and see the organized chaos Jo and I live in everyday. :)
