Tuesday, December 08, 2009

discipline

ok please be completely honest with me!

picture this you are picking your child from school, your muslim friend whom you know just from school and arent the bestest buddies, stops to say salam and for some unknown reason her child lashes out at you and hits you for answering his mothers salam....would you do? how would you have reacted on impulse?

A) you smile and think nothing of it

B) you smile whilst hiding the fact that if you could get your hands on the rascal he would never dare lift a finger to anyone

c) you reprimand him, tell the child that was not the correct aprroach

D) hit the child with the same instrument he used to hit you.

E) something completely different ( plaese state what you would have done though)

so what would you have honestly done?

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh Man...these situations are difficult. It's easier when you know the Mother well. (like sisters kid etc)
I think I would have *wanted* to say something to the child like "subhanaAllah that was not nice-you don't hit people" then give the Mother one of those looks like-control your kid lady.
At least that is what I would want to do...I am such a chicken though and probably would go with the answer where I let it slide lol :D

Sometimes kids do the most unexpected things-you can never tell exactly how they will be in public lol

AlabasterMuslim said...

Hmm...thats hard. I would probably do B.
Unless i knew the kid and then i'd say something. But since you are not buddy buddy with the woman..well, i'd just do B.

.::Tuttie::. said...

i just had this conversation with a friend of ours and I told her that I felt uncomfortable disciplining another person's child unless I really knew them.

She answered that she prefers someone saying something and gently disciplining her child at the very least not to laugh when she does.

.::Tuttie::. said...

i just had this conversation with a friend of ours and I told her that I felt uncomfortable disciplining another person's child unless I really knew them.

She answered that she prefers someone saying something and gently disciplining her child at the very least not to laugh when she does.

Skye said...

salaamz sis
sorry i havent been commenting
mwahh please forgive me
id go with B even though id like to push the lil thing into his place lol

muslimah mummy said...

I wouldnt think to much of it as it was a child,He was probally doing it for attention,so best ignore it. I would smile and say nothing the mum will probally tell him off when there in private and he hasnt a audience.:)x

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Anonymous said...

I don't know which one I would do because I would be surprised - probably would say "ouch" and then look at the mom in shock.

Once a little boy in a grocery store tried to stomp on my grandmother's foot. She looked him right in the eye and said "Little boy if you dare try to touch me again, I am going to knock you from here to breakfast" :)

Anonymous said...

lol @ desertmonsoon!!!

I would have gotten down to his eye level and looked him in the ey & asked him why he hit me & if I did something to hurt or make him mad.