Son's Easter Egg Hunt

I'm sorry that your son didn't find an egg with something in it. Those that planned and managed the egg hunt should have stepped up and ask the parents to step back or made it clear from the beginning that they should stay on the side lines. even if they did it was no guarantee that your son would have found an egg with something in it. It is hard as a parent to see our children be disappointed when they don't get the prise or win the contest. It is hard to see them learn the lessons in life so young or even when they are older. But they do have to learn that not everyone wins or gets the prise..

you sound like a great dad wish there were out there like you my kids have a good dad too my kids are 2 and 2 months old i cant wait for them to really start enjoying the real fruits and berry;s of life.

It is disappointing to the kids for this to happen, and it makes the parents feel bad to see the disappointment in the their children, this happen with my grand children once and I had to make it right for them. So I just went to the store and bought them something that they liked. They are now old enough so that this shouldn't upset them that much. Still they like for me to go and buy things for them. Do you think they are using me?

the parents should of stayed back and let the kids have fun insted of getting them for the kids because thats not fair for the other kids., i dont take my kids on easter egg hunts we have on inm our back yard and then i take the little ones and have them show me where they want to look for them at that way they are still looking on there own i am just there to keep a eye on them, my kids have fun with it every year.

As a parent, I think this is one of the hardest things to witness, your child so excited and then extremely disappointed. Maybe for the next one, you could slip a little surprise in for him. Maybe something small after the hunt because he participated and you want to show him how much you appreciate him no matter what he came back with as long as it was a good attitude. Once I went to a scout camp with my daughter for a week. Every meal they assigned numbers to the kids and then spun a wheel for who would do different jobs. Every kid got to try out different jobs and even get to sing with a group while the others worked from time to time. It was totally random. My daughter got dishes three times a day for seven days. On the seventh day, last meal it happened again. She melted in a pool of tears. I was glad the scout leader let her go sing with the singing group and the scout leader and I did her dishes. Sometimes you just have to bend the rules a little.

from this recent experience ,though not a pleasant one,, ur child should learn that u do not always win,, so I believe he might think about it as a lesson ,when he is older

My kids have never been to an Easter egg hunt before. If is was all 4-6 year olds then I don't think the parents should have been helping them. I could see the parents helping a 2 or 3 year old, but the kids you are talking about should have all been old enough to do it on their own.

I can sometimes understand when parents go to help real small children find eggs during an Easter egg hunt. But from the sounds of it the children at this hunt were all around the same age. I think the parents should've stood back and let the kids have the fun and find the eggs for themselves. Hopefully your next hunt it a little more successful and your son wins a prize! :-) I know how heartbreaking that can be for a child.