Comments on: The Toddler at the Evening Yoga Event http://namasteph.com/kundalini-yoga/the-toddler-at-the-evening-yoga-event/ Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Katy http://namasteph.com/kundalini-yoga/the-toddler-at-the-evening-yoga-event/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Katy Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:52:53 +0000 http://namasteph.com/?p=90#comment-934 This sounds like a wonderful event. Friday's eclipse was particularly potent, and I wish I had the opportunity ot attend such a powerful yoga gathering. As a mom to a toddler, I completely agree with you. There's nothing spiritual about having to listen to young children talk, babble or scream at an adult event, which is exactly where you were. It's unfair to the other participants and to the child, and yes, it is selfish of the parent. When I was 10 and visiting my aunt in Seattle, I was dragged to some meditation event by her guru and had to wait 2 hours for it to finish. This left me with something of a bad taste in my mouth for such events. Dragging kids to spiritual events that they're not ready for can really backfire. Hire a sitter. This sounds like a wonderful event. Friday’s eclipse was particularly potent, and I wish I had the opportunity ot attend such a powerful yoga gathering.

As a mom to a toddler, I completely agree with you. There’s nothing spiritual about having to listen to young children talk, babble or scream at an adult event, which is exactly where you were. It’s unfair to the other participants and to the child, and yes, it is selfish of the parent.

When I was 10 and visiting my aunt in Seattle, I was dragged to some meditation event by her guru and had to wait 2 hours for it to finish. This left me with something of a bad taste in my mouth for such events. Dragging kids to spiritual events that they’re not ready for can really backfire. Hire a sitter.

]]> By: Cassie http://namasteph.com/kundalini-yoga/the-toddler-at-the-evening-yoga-event/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Cassie Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:06:05 +0000 http://namasteph.com/?p=90#comment-933 I'm a mother, and I would NEVER bring my child to something like that. If my husband can't watch her for some reason, or a friend can't watch her, or if I can't find a sitter, I don't go to whatever it is I want to go to, period. Being a mother is about making sacrifices, and I find that INCREDIBLY rude of her to bring her child along. I would have reacted exactly the same as you did, and I'm glad that you stood up and said something! (By the way, I'm a new subscriber, I love your blog! *wave*) I’m a mother, and I would NEVER bring my child to something like that. If my husband can’t watch her for some reason, or a friend can’t watch her, or if I can’t find a sitter, I don’t go to whatever it is I want to go to, period. Being a mother is about making sacrifices, and I find that INCREDIBLY rude of her to bring her child along. I would have reacted exactly the same as you did, and I’m glad that you stood up and said something!

(By the way, I’m a new subscriber, I love your blog! *wave*)

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