Comments on: The Seven Stages of Going to Target with Children http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/ A parenting community where less than perfect moms can connect and commiserate. Join the club. Fri, 24 May 2013 09:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Angie http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-122408 Angie Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:29:45 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-122408 TARGET POPCORN purchased BEFORE shopping is my lifesaver! It works so well, I am tempted to go in there to buy it when I need to go to a different store to go shopping like Kohl’s or the dreaded Walmart shopping day. Granted ~ my little one is only 2 so I am sure that the popcorn trick isn’t going to save me from the embarrassing meltdowns forever ~ but I will take it for now! Oh and I ALWAYS walk out of Target with unintended purchases… DAMN THAT STORE!

]]> By: Soares http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-122070 Soares Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:35:23 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-122070 This was funny! I remember chasing my three year old who insisted he would be good and walk around target while people just stared at this woman chasing her son while pushing a cart with and infant in it! Someone finally helped me out, after going half way around the store, and stopped him verses staring!

I am now thankful that all three kids are well behaved. There a lot of oooo I want this mommy but followed by nos! And we avoid the toys section usually because they already have enough and if they want something new they need to get rid of something! My two year old just sits quietly! And the last time I took my husband into target we walked out with 250$ receipt!

]]> By: Betty http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-118648 Betty Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:36:43 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-118648 Sometimes I, too, scream with excitement and want everything I see when I go into Target :)

]]> By: Betty http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-118647 Betty Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:34:00 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-118647 Christina, I know what it’s like to get those stares. I’m 32, but I haven’t aged since I was about 14. Up close I have the fine lines forming around the eyes that show my true age, but from more than a few feet away, I look like I’m ditching high school when I go to the store in the middle of the day! I go out of my way to make sure I look like I’m in my 30′s when I get dressed and in no way could be mistaken for a teenager, but it almost never helps. Don’t these people see my diamond engagement ring and wedding band – clearly the accessories of a grown woman – I always wonder. They just see my young looking face, toddler and baby bump, then assume I’m a second-time teen mother. Even if I was, why the dirty looks???

My husband is 29 and smoked up until the time he found out I was pregnant two years ago. One time we went into the store and I pulled out cash to pay for his cigarettes, me being 30 and him 27, and the woman refused to sell them to us. She thought he was an older guy buying a teenager cigarettes and lectured him. I had to go to the car to get my ID and she was convinced it was somehow a fake, but since she had no choice since it was real, she had to sell them to us. We got evil looks from her as we left the store.

]]> By: Dominik http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-117677 Dominik Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:53:27 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-117677 I love what you guys are up too. This kind of clever work and reporting!

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]]> By: target luv http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-117391 target luv Mon, 07 Jan 2013 02:14:33 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-117391 Yup, I had to carry my 3yo out of target screaming at the top of her lungs several years aho. I felt every hateful eye on me as I just lugged her unhappy ass to the car to let it out. My infant son melted in there so much that I started with mild anxiety every time I set foot in there. I still rarely take them and they are 11 and 9. Its just better that way.

]]> By: Kim http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-114858 Kim Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:18:14 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-114858 I don’t think I could live without hearing that you all go through the same thing when I feel like the worst mother on the planet I come here and then I feel OK like I can go on because its normal and I really don’t have the only demon spawn on the Earth. Whoever said terrible twos didn’t know what she was talking about its the terrible treacherous turmoiled three’s LOL! I do feel some aggravation when a mother needs to slip in that her child is always good at the store, when mine is screaming yelling and throwing a tantrum on the floor because she couldn’t get the hello kitty garbage can for her room that she doesn’t even know what the hell it is used for….she just likes the pictures.

]]> By: Zommommy http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-114857 Zommommy Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:52:39 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-114857 Target is what I call the $100 Dollar Store. Why can’t I spend under a hundred in that freaking store? Are they pumping in special gases that increase spending? Is it the happy overall redness of the place? That freaking adorable Target Dog? I don’t know. But they may as well just take my entire bank account over because they’re going to get my money anyway. Worst part is, my kids love going there too. It’s like a mini vacation! “Let’s go to Target, Mom!” My 2013 New Year’s Resolution: Target is the devil, so you may only go once a month and with only $25 on your person. Yeah. That’ll last.

]]> By: carie http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-112420 carie Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:37:24 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-112420 I am not a perfect parent. I have my battles with my daughter. Store meltdowns are not one of them though. There are no talks before the store, there are no treats in the store, there are no bribes in the store, when we are done shopping, she *might* get to pick out a toy from the $1 section or get a .25 candy. If she is really good she can get both. If I hear whining, there’s no treat. If there are tears, screaming, kicking, running away, or other bad behavior, we leave without buying anything and go home and talk about it in the car. If I hear “I want…” she usually hears “we don’t have money for it today, but maybe another day.” There is NOTHING at a store that I need so badly that it takes priority to discipline. I’m mean about it. She has to behave if she wants a reward, and bad behavior results in no reward. Most trips she gets to pick out a treat and we leave the store smiling. It is the LAST thing we pick out and she can take as long as she wants to decide. There have been days where we don’t get to the door though. When we have those days, we go home and calm down. Then we talk about why we didn’t get to go shopping. The next trip is better. As much as my husband complains that she whines (pot, you’re black!), she generally does a good job now when we are out together. She will be 6 in January. Maybe I’m lucky? Maybe I need to have more kids? Maybe you could try just leaving when the tears start? If you’re going to get to “the inevitable” of not getting what you went for, why not skip the rest of it too?

]]> By: Danielle http://www.scarymommy.com/the-seven-stages-of-going-to-target-with-children/#comment-111713 Danielle Mon, 05 Nov 2012 13:34:44 +0000 http://www.scarymommy.com/?p=17247#comment-111713 Wow- so true. This is why I love solo trips to Target whenever possible. What a selfish mom I am!

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