It may seem like a nice thing to do, to visit an elderly relative with your 4 year old child, but it's not. Especially when it involves going shopping. My 85 year old aunt has no sense of time, moves like a snail, and is easily distracted. Wait, I just described my son. I thought he did well in the store as we shopped for two hours visiting every single department, riding the elevator, and ending up in the toy section at 4pm without having any lunch. But my aunt claims that all the clerks were giving me the evil eye waiting for me to discipline my guy for his whining and outbursts. I thought they were looking at her and sympathizing with me for having to wait with him."He walks all over you. You spoil him rotten. Why don't you discipline him?" screeched my aunt when we finally got in the car. I was tempted to point out that they have a lot in common, but instead immediately changed the subject while repeating in my head the "Emergency 4:00pm Mantra:" McDonald's and Martini, McDonald's and Martini.
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