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Re: Your opinion

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I haven't kept up with this thread mostly bc I don't go to nail salons. I have what I consider to be a"well behaved" 3yo. However she is a very chatty kid and wants to talk to everyone. I'm sure if I took her to get our nails done she would talk the whole time whether it be to me or the girl doing her nails. Aside from making sure she's not too loud, would that make me a bad parent bc I'm not making her sit quietly? I don't think it would be any different than if I brought my chatty mom with me. I wouldn't let her run around touching everything but I wouldn't think anything of her talking as long as she wasn't too loud.

no, it wouldn't make you a bad parent. But as adorable and cute as you think your daughter is, the person sitting there with their eyes closed trying to get 15 min of relaxation in, might not want to be bothered by having to talk to her. Yes, same as if you brought your chatty mom except for one thing - your chatty mom might get the meaning behind a cold stare or someone only responding in a one word answer (meaning they're not up for talking) whereas your 3 yo might not.

Me personally, I would not bring my kid to a nail salon because i know he's be bored and want to move around - thereby potentially disrupting other patrons or the staff. If i'm sitting somewhere 'trapped' either with my feet or hands being worked on, then i can't properly watch him as he decides its fun to jump on a chair, or run around in circles because he's bored of waiting for me. I just don't think a nail salon is a place that kids belong in unless they're sitting there getting a mani/pedi themselves or confined to a stroller and asleep.
but that's just my opinion.. and as we've seen from this thread, there are a lot of those

I certainly wouldn't expect everyone there to want to talk to her. I meant if she were talking to me or to the employee doing her nails it wouldn't occur to me that others wouldn't find her well behaved. They may not be interested in what she had to say but who hasn't had to listen to others' conversation at the salon. You don't want to hear it, tune it out. We could have the same debate about whether or not it's ride to go to the nail salon worth your girlfriends and chat the whole time. Some will think it's ride and other people will think it's nuts to find it rude.

Like you said lots of differing opinions. Just wanted to clarify that I wouldn't expect every customer to be subject to holding a conversation with my kid.

Your dd might be the cutest thing and the most well behaved so don't think I am coming at you, as I am not. Many parents think because they think their kids are cute and not annoying to them, they are cute and not annoying to others. Again, this is in general and not you because I could never make that judgement without actually knowing you and your child. This is just from observation of life.

Posted 7/13/15 9:32 PM