Kids are kids. Do you like kids?
By tess_quinain
@tess_quinain (1149)
Philippines
September 22, 2011 5:09am CST
Do i like kids? yes, but sometimes kids are soooooo annoying...haha.. I sometimes enjoy being with them but sometimes they irritate me. I love working with kids but you know kids are kids.
In my job, i teach tons of kids. And, just this morning i had a terrible day becuase most of the kids are misbehaving and not listening to me anymore. Well, this is like hell..lol.. but kids in nature are really playful and mischievous.
Do you like kids??
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31 responses
@globaldoc (858)
• Philippines
25 Sep 11
Kids are kids, and they will not be kids if they are not playful. I guess you will really have to find ways to curb your attitude with them. You will eventually end up with them listening to you, while they are still playful, but you will be a part of their play. That is the secret to teaching kids. I understand because I also do the same thing.
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@fabsprecious (1565)
• United States
24 Sep 11
I love kids, I have to of my own a 5 and 4 year old, but like you said at times you they could get to you and you just need some quiet time for yourself.
But like you said kids will be kids, they are children, their going to misbehave make you angry, fraustrate but at the end of the day all you want to do is hold them in your arms, gives them lots of love, hugs and kisses, because after all they are kids...
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@LovingLife139 (1504)
• United States
24 Sep 11
It depends on the kid, quite honestly. It's not that I ever don't like any particular kid, but it's a matter of comfort for me. Girls are usually always uncomfortable to be around for me, but usually boys older than twelve are okay. As long as they're boys and they can have intelligent conversations, I'm okay.
I believe that I actually have pedophobia, which is the fear of children. Especially with small kids, if I have to be around them for longer than a few seconds (and particularly in an enclosed space), my body can begin to have a panic attack. Normally my breathing gets really bad, almost like an asthma attack or as if I'm not getting enough oxygen. If I'm around kids and they touch something of mine, I have a germophobic reaction as well, and normally have to wash whatever it is quite a few times until I feel comfortable with it again. Once, in my teens, my aunt's niece tried on a pair of my shoes when I wasn't home. I tried washing them, but I never could wear them again. I had to give them away, and they'd been my favorite pair of heels at the time.
In any case, a lot of people think I don't like kids because I normally try to get away when one is near me. I'm just highly, highly uncomfortable around them, and I normally have little in common with any of them. As long as I stay away from them and them from me, I'll be fine.
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@epicure35 (2814)
• United States
23 Sep 11
I like children. Basically children want love and want to learn. What happens when they are not nurtured or properly disciplined, that is proper limits, is that they do not behave well. It is the adult "caretakers" around them that cause them to run amok.
"Children are a gift from God" Psalm 127:3
Unfortunately too many generations of parents were not raised and trained in Scripture and God's principles.
They do not appreciate or nurture their children as they are too focused on themselves, due to the conflicting philosophies they choose to follow, like secular humanism.
II Timothy 3:1-5, thus, they are "lovers of self, having no natural affections...."
and are not particularly interested in the sacrifice necessary to train their children through loving example.
Children, like everyone else, have "good days, bad days" and are not perfect. However, parents who do not instill manners, principles, and training in their children are responsible for much of their bad behavior.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
I also like kids, but they have to be my nieces or nephews. But as to others' kids i think i could just be civil with them.
But as to my two small nieces, i like them so much. I can see my daughter in them, when she was of their ages. They are naughty but can be made to behave should i tell them so.
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@macayadann (1235)
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
I am a mother and it is like asking do you like your children and of course how can I say no. When you observe kids, the first thing you feel is freedom, you see paradise, they are angels in heaven but when they misbehave you have entered hell. I love playing and talking to them even when they fight each other with their eyes closed.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
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23 Sep 11
I have never kept goats but I understand that they are great at ground clearance as they eat everything. I don't kmow how literate a kid can be but I am sure that if you persevere then they will learn certain easy tricks. Do you keep your kids for milk or meat? A friend rears hers for meat and they taste delicious, like lamb. Keep up the good work.
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@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
Be a kid in your heart and you will learn to stretch your patience for them. You won't get annoyed and you won't feel like you are in hell in fact you will feel like being with kids are one of the best things in life. No worries, all fun and pure joy. Believe me, i have 3 kids and my patience do run thin. But when i let myself enjoy with them, be a kid in my heart then everything is pure happiness... my patience do not run thin and i get to understand them and i also get my point across to them. That is how i get to teach my children.
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
22 Sep 11
I love kids and I miss my job in the kindergarten. I worked in an international kindergarten where there were children from a lot of different countries. Many of them didn't speak Danish in the beginning, but I found it interesting to teach them the Danish language and teach them many other things. Sometimes we took them to the park or somewhere else, and I enjoyed seeing their enthusiam when something new happened. Something as simple as a hole in ground made them very excited and I made me think about the way that we change when we grow up. We lose our of fascination of the small things, because we have seen them so many times and I think it is interesting to be with the kids and see their fascination of "ordinary" things that I don't even notice as an adult.
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@megamatt (14292)
• United States
22 Sep 11
Well let me put it this way, there are just a lot of children out there that are about more mature of adults to say the very least. That is really amusing to some extents. Still be that as it may, I do find children to be rather tolerable a lot of the time. They are good in my book. Granted, I've never had my own, most likely not going to happen any time soon.
Do children get on my nerves? Again not any more or any less than their adult counterparts to say the very least. They can be pretty fun as well. Such a carefree time of their lives to say the very right. No real adult concerns in the world. Granted, I think that many of us long for a time where we could smile with more ease and times were not such. I think that adults can learn much from children in many ways.
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@lindaharding627 (1442)
• United States
22 Sep 11
I love kids, but I do better with older kids. I have a hard time being around babies. I had a miscarriage in 2004 and hubby and I have not been able to conceive since then. Our other child is 9 and it is easier to relate to him. I have nieces and nephews who are younger, but I rarely hold the babies just because it hurts too much to be reminded of the loss. I love them, but I usually will just give them a kiss on the cheek and keep my distance from the babies.
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@dabangladehi (660)
• Bangladesh
22 Sep 11
Yap,I like kids. Kids are special to me and it seems that they are angel tome.I like your jobs.Kids are annoying,but they are lovely.They are full of joy and they are the best gift to any family from God.I like all kids and try to spend with them some moments.I like their question.because they ask all interesting question.
@Triple0 (1904)
• Australia
22 Sep 11
I love kids! Even though they can really be brats to you sometimes but that's just kids being kids. You can't blame a kid for being a kid? I have heaps of little cousins and sometimes I have to babysit them and they force me into their kiddy games which I don't ind too much. But sometimes when kids have fights and then they start bring brats and start crying, now that's really annoying. But kids are truly innocent and they can be pretty good comedians sometimes! They truly make my day brighter with their smiles and giggles, not twhen they're crying though
@marie_cuizon (191)
• Philippines
22 Sep 11
I love kids because they look so cute and innocent and sometimes curious. What makes me fond of them too is when they sometimes talk or act like big people. Because my little niece sometimes acted like that.hehe..She never runs out of questions too. She's very sweet and playful. However, she shouts every time she gets mad and that annoys me. Well, I just thought that it's quite natural for her to act that way because she's still a kid. :-)
@zoean_arch_27 (297)
• Philippines
22 Sep 11
Definitely YES! I love kids especially my baby! I also love playing with other kids, like playing a ball by dribling and let them catch if they can.Lol. But yes, sometime they are annoying and very irritating. But as you said kids are kids! Happy mylotting!!
@jazzsue58 (2666)
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23 Sep 11
Wasn't it the late, great W.C Fields who, when asked how he liked children, replied: "Fried or boiled!"
I love children - even when they get to teenhood. It's the parents I find difficult to stomach. In this area, anyway.
@Tina30219 (81834)
• Onaway, Michigan
26 Sep 11
I love kids I have 2 of my own and love them a lot. I guess you just have to have a heart for kids and be able to handle them I know they can get on your nerves at times but kids are kids.I know right now my daughter is always saying she is bored but yet anything I offer to do with her she never wants to do.Let me also add she is ADHD she is on medicine for it but it has not kicked back in yet I will be happy when it does so I can handle her more.
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
23 Sep 11
I love playing with them and i like their laughs a lot but when they cry they are so scary. I really don't know how to make them stop crying and they start scratching and biting you
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
23 Sep 11
cry with them.. lol kidding. hug them is the best way to soothe them.
@thatgirl13 (7294)
• South Korea
23 Sep 11
Haha they are scary when they cry. i have had lots of scratch marks on my hands and feet from my cousins when they were little
@gelayagui98 (1336)
• Australia
26 Sep 11
Hi tess, yes I do like kids, but sometimes I do not like kids around me, ha ha ha, I have three kids -all boy, they were my delightful stress everyday! My world go round with them!