This Monday we went to the mall. Nadia saw the Carousel when we were grabbing some dinner at the Food Court. We told her she could ride it after we ate and she settled down happily. After riding the carousel we were getting her loaded into the stroller and I looked up just at the moment that a little boy (about 7 or 8 ) was asking his father a question.
The child (speaking very politely): “Can I ride the carousel?”
The dad (with a condescending voice): “No! That is for little boys.”
Right then the boy looked crushed and heartbroken. He put his head down and kept walking along side his father.
And I just wanted to scream “He IS a little boy!!!”
If you don’t have the time or the $2, just tell the child no, but think about how you speak to your kids. To see that little child’s face fall just hurt my heart.