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lot of the time. sometimes they we only anive them the chance I neither praised Jordan for Simply asked him, as he exited whether he had fun playing ‘Sure did, Dad." Mavybe: HBut not as muek ae t at slew his Goliath Curse me for my attitude to terrible parent. Lambaste me chase a cat until it sweats punch and so0r Discreet!v. tmmoving eved his adversary f the other direction motorcycle, took a 4 Waterloo Chronicle mecond Cliâ€"s Mail Reg i how Jordan PAGE A4 1 myself. have tried to unsupervised, as the sign s your charges. Fine. But I s Mommy and Daddy to manipulating the entire tir ever planted a hidden mir mind the kids. on film. the And in today‘s real world, well, parents feel just a little more relieved if thev‘re right there watching the young troops gaf it up. No, [ don‘t mean within eyesight. I mean, right there, if not hanging over the fence yelling "Tommy, Tommy, the red fire engine‘s free now, go get it quick, quick", then right inside, mixing it up not only with their kids. but with the 321 other tots screaming and jumping and hooting it up on your typical Sunday afternoon on nsne e the main course of dinner up in St. Jacobs. I was actually quite amused to learn that just like us, our friends had had some interesting experiences in the children‘s play area at Riverworks, the complex of boutiques in downtown St. Jacobs It‘s a fabulous play area filled with plastic doll houses, climbing equipment and all sorts of little vehicles, all fenced in a corralâ€"like setting. Unsupervised by staff, it nonetheless gives parents a breather from marshalling Junior and Junior II, whilst letting the little gaffers have the half hour of their lives each shopping excursion That‘s the ideal, of course We all knaw hruw the sest uol works So, after we talked about worl we settled down to some serious the main course of dinner up in aC Emt e I Beth and [ were out the other night quiet dinner together, taking a breath work, work, work and kids, kids, kids (L 0g1 006 °0 the other side of the play area. Jordan d his adversary from a distance. Then, as bullyboy headed in other direction, Jordan quickly slipped into hot wheels toreycle, took a 45â€"degree angle left around the jungle gym, fed his way through the kitchen area, circled back around, headed straight for Dr. Doom, who I knew at that point was n to become Dr. Doomed ight on target, Jordan gained speed, headed for Public ‘my No 1 â€" and drilled him driver side, knocking him axel t teackettle. Only if you have seen the priceless school yard châ€"up in the movie The Bells of St Mary‘s can you imagine I silenty cheered just like Sister Benedict as my little David m on ause that day, I learned a valuable lesson at the verworks And that‘s that while our little guvys Sometimes it‘s just best to let our kids be kids But not as much as I did watching ce is Group Incorporated iy Rd. 8., Kitchener, Ont totgg: WA N* ! sA09p6G Mysell. %0, wait a minute, Rick, see reacts to this. Always a little shy, would he meekly r perhaps even shed a tear? Hah noving to the other side of the play area. Jordan and d pu nly I stopped myself. N [ERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1991 commns on film, there And aduits as ave tried to play by the unwritten rules. It‘s as the sign says, so you‘re supposed to look after Fine. But I say a play area is for the kids, not for Daddy to follow around nine inches away, the entire time. I‘ve often said, if Candid Camera a hidden miniâ€"cam to capture the adults, never uis MB h. a tew months ago, I‘ll be the first to admit I yoown rule, No, what I did, when a youngster twice as big as threeâ€"yearâ€"old Jordan knocked shed him out of the way, was nearly jump over ringside and do some less than impartial talked about work dur-'l-ng drinks and appetizers Wednesday by it pt Ddrents Don out the other night with friends, enjoying a Nopan en uies 4 1 2 . there would be some priceless material. Its as juveniles said our dinner companion, jumping into was just the kids, they‘d have a ball But ents who have to be right there, saving hot wheels motoreyle. Clive? Sav. little â€"youve played with the hot wheels in t you think it‘s time our Clive had a tight in there themselves, pushing little ing him away from another Just let the istration course. 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