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Big Red Lollipop
by Rukhsana Khan
I cannot see how one can celebrate cultural diversity amid all the terrible messages about parenting in this book. The only thing my kids learned was that sometimes kids are treated like shit by their parents for no good reason. To summarize:
Younger sister tantrums to go to party with older sister; GETS HER WAY; ruins the party. Younger sister eats older sister's BIG RED LOLLIPOP she got from the party, yet there are no consequences. When mom/ami finds out, she literally tells her daughter "she didn't eat ALL of it. Go ahead. EAT the [tiny] triangle [piece]." And younger sis looks smug because, again, she GOT HER WAY. What the hell?! So, the parent teases / belittles her older daughter into eating the chewed up remains of her wrongfully stolen lollipop, instead of establishing some sort of reasonable punishment for the aggressor??
Of course, older sister stops getting invited to friends' birthday parties because of younger sis. BUT WHO CARES ABOUT HER?!
Fast-forward a few years, and younger sis is now in the same situation with youngest sis, BUT when she whines about taking youngest sis, she once again GETS HER WAY when older sis stands up for her. Bullshit.
This child is already spoiled and will grow up to be a very unpleasant adult who does not know how to interact with other adults in a mature way.
Younger sister tantrums to go to party with older sister; GETS HER WAY; ruins the party. Younger sister eats older sister's BIG RED LOLLIPOP she got from the party, yet there are no consequences. When mom/ami finds out, she literally tells her daughter "she didn't eat ALL of it. Go ahead. EAT the [tiny] triangle [piece]." And younger sis looks smug because, again, she GOT HER WAY. What the hell?! So, the parent teases / belittles her older daughter into eating the chewed up remains of her wrongfully stolen lollipop, instead of establishing some sort of reasonable punishment for the aggressor??
Of course, older sister stops getting invited to friends' birthday parties because of younger sis. BUT WHO CARES ABOUT HER?!
Fast-forward a few years, and younger sis is now in the same situation with youngest sis, BUT when she whines about taking youngest sis, she once again GETS HER WAY when older sis stands up for her. Bullshit.
This child is already spoiled and will grow up to be a very unpleasant adult who does not know how to interact with other adults in a mature way.