Monday, 21 May 2012

On giving my children the attention they crave.

The thing is, jigsaw puzzles really aren't a spectator sport.



Posted by at

14 comments:

  1. Mrs T.21 May 2012 at 18:56

    Oh yes they are...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Harriet21 May 2012 at 20:20

      "Mummy! Watch me!!!"

      No, really, they're not.

      Delete
  2. Mrs T21 May 2012 at 18:57

    Also, whatever you do give they'll only want more. Manage expectations....

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Harriet21 May 2012 at 20:20

      Benign neglect. The parenting code I live by. Sadly though it only works 95% of the time.

      Delete
  3. AGuidingLife21 May 2012 at 19:44

    I love them, but the kids get a bit annoying whilst I'm trying to concentrate on Noddy's car. it's complicated!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Harriet21 May 2012 at 20:21

      Remind me to post you the doublesided Rose Window of Chartres....

      Of course it doesn't help that I *hate* jigsaws. My children, unfortunately, take after their father on this one.

      Delete
  4. Mrs T21 May 2012 at 20:57

    As long as they're not doing that dodgy 1970s one you're fine.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Harriet21 May 2012 at 22:26

    I'd forgotten that one. But no. Peppa Pig and Octonauts...

    ReplyDelete
  6. Expat mum22 May 2012 at 01:34

    Oh yes - benign neglect. Or "If you ignore them long enough they will eventually find a way to entertain themselves."

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Harriet22 May 2012 at 15:38

      Or murder each other. Which will also have the advantage of silence.

      Delete
  7. fiona22 May 2012 at 10:00

    Oh jigsaws... We're awash with jigsaws at the moment. Hamish has suddenly become a jigsaw enthusiast since discovering that you can buy Playmobil jigsaws. At the moment he's on the 100 piece size, but he's advancing on to harder ones all the time, and I don't know how I am going to maintain my enthusiasm once we enter into 3D territory. Seriously time for me to get back out to work.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Harriet22 May 2012 at 15:39

      100 piece??? But isn't he only wee? Oh dear... my children are suddenly underachieving.

      Jigsaws as a competitive spectator sport...

      Delete
  8. Jen Walshaw22 May 2012 at 13:27

    We have got beyond the jigsaw watching. Although the boys would still love me to just sit and watch them play!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Harriet22 May 2012 at 15:39

      To be fair, I love sitting and watching them play. Unfortunately as soon as I enter the room, the playing tends to stop and the fighting start...

      Delete

I know. I'm sorry. I hate these word recognition, are you a robot, guff things too, but having just got rid of a large number of ungrammatical and poorly spelt adverts for all sorts of things I don't want, and especially don't want on my blog, I'm hoping that this will mean that only lovely people, of the actually a person variety, will comment.

So please do. Comments are great...

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)