I've seen it before so it probably wouldn't have surprised me much especially if the child is younger than 1.

Curious about the thought process of a thread like this.

"Something has alarmed me. I must say something about it. I will go to a gaming forum on the internet and ask gamers about it."

And then it just goes downhill from there. It's a wonderful phenomenon really.

He didn't just go to a gaming forum, he went to the community he knows best, plus there are numerous parents active on the GOG forums. It's perfectly comprehensible behaviour. Plus you get more lulz than on a "parenting" board. :P

Sometimes bribing or giving in to kids wants is the last thing to do. You cant measure good parenthood by how quiet the kid is you know.

You've never met my immediate family, have you?

I'm very grateful that a large number of my in-laws don't speak English....

Heh, true enough. Family can be tricky. But still, the question was a weird one to bring up in a gaming forum. Which is okay, I think it's fine to talk about other stuff. I was more thinking that there are probably better forums for such a question. Like a forum for parenting. I'm sure there are lots of those. Not having, and not wanting, children myself, I wouldn't really know of any good ones though.

I'm not judging simple quietness. I'm judging the continued effort she made to keep the kid calm and content.

Children often react to the strangest of things...

They also react differently than you would expect.

For example, my youngest son is very tactile.
If he is getting out of control, a very close hug will often calm him down.
Strangely, the stronger the grip, the more calm he is, to the point that I get worried he might be crushed or hurt, but he likes it.
My oldest son on the other hand will freak out if you so much as touch him....

...i would not necessarily call that success, if the method used was "questionable". Anyways, call me bad parents if you want, but i certainly have no wish to teach err "odd habits in general" to my kids. they tend to stick.

not talking about this particular case, but "keeping the kid calm and content" is actually the first priority either every time. Kids want to have many things, want to do many things and at times its parents job to show firmly where the border of "do" and "dont do" lies. Even if it leads to crying etc.

learning how to deal with dissapointment and "not getting everything" is one damn important thing you know.

This is one of a few reasons, why I voted for an off-topic forum. If the thread is allowed by GOG's ToS, then I would prefer it be put in a place that isn't all about games ;)

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/a_betterstructured_forum

http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/off_topic_section_in_forum

If the child is in age to play with worms (the real ones, not the armaggedon one), this is the bravest mom in the known universe.





5 minutes later sidenote edit : I think I just made a 'genuine gog post' => in 173 years, when archeowebists will find a retranscript of this post they will know for sure it belonged to gog

That's fine. I am.