Hello dear friends of this beautiful Community, here I bring you another of my Weekend Experiences.
This time it was with my 3 year old granddaughter, I asked my daughter to lend her to me for a time, she was delighted because she could stay home alone and more relaxed with her 3 month old baby.
So I went with my granddaughter and a friend to a shopping mall in the city of Caracas/Venezuela.
I was really excited, since it is the first time I go out alone with my granddaughter (without her mother), at first I felt a little nervous and busy because the girl was running everywhere in the mall and I was afraid that I could get lost, since I do not have the same dexterity to catch her.
I decided to stop and stop her to talk to her, I told her that she had to walk holding my hand without running or else we would go back home, she agreed and was calmer.
The child was delighted and suddenly let go of my hand and went into one of the decorations and I wanted to take a picture of her, but immediately a security guard came to inform us that it was forbidden to go to where the dolls and a yellow piece of furniture where the girl intended to sit.
I immediately called her and told her that she could not sit on that chair and that the guard was telling me so, she turned around and left, but started crying uncontrollably, I carried her trying to comfort her, but she wouldn't stop crying, until I offered to buy her an ice cream and she calmed down.
We went first to the first floor of the Mall to observe the huge and beautiful Christmas tree, the little girl also wanted to get inside to enter the little houses they had there, I explained again that it was not possible and that we were going to buy ice cream (what a stress).
We bought her the ice cream, but she was still upset, my friend tried to cheer her up and took out some wet towels to wipe her mouth that got dirty with the ice cream, then she calmed down a bit and we decided to go home.
I came home telling my daughter about the stress I went through during those hours, since I think I have lost skills to be with the children and more with one of the family as close as my granddaughter, she has a lot of energy and it is hard to control her.
All my life I worked with children, and we went on field trips from time to time (even with 40 students) and I never had as much stress as this day with my granddaughter, hahaha.
Could it be that it was a different time and the children had more respect for their elders? Also the figure of the teacher was very respected, nowadays that has been lost, and children no longer respect their parents or teachers.
I told my daughter that this was the last time I would take her alone, or at least until she is a little older and more mature.
So much for my experience this weekend dear readers. Thank you for reading. Blessings!
All photos are my own.
I used Deepl translator for this post.
