PARENTING OBSERVATION

             Observation
             Well I started my observation at TGI Fridays in Costa Mesa on Tuesday afternoon. While I was there I was very intrigued by this mother and daughter who were arguing over what the girl would order for dinner. The little girl looked like she was about six or seven years old and her mother looked young like she was perhaps twenty-two or twenty -four years old. The mother and daughter were waiting to be seated with me and the group that I was with, and all while we were waiting the little girl was just very energetic, running back and forth and also talking a mile a minute. The mother seemed as though she was just frustrated with the child, but you could tell that this was the way the child always acted.
             As my luck would have it our tables were directly across from each others and I was able to hear much of the conversation between the two of them. From what I heard it was quite obvious that the daughter was well used to doing whatever she wanted as well as getting things her way. I just don't think that her mother was in the mood for her and her outrageous demands.
             First the little girl wanted to get a Brownie Obsession for dinner instead of a meal, so her mother first tried to compromise with her, first her mother said that if she order a meal and ate some of it then they would get the brownie and split it, but the little girl was very persistent in getting what she wanted. The little girl told her mother that she didn't want to share anything her, and she was not hungry. Well I don't know if you have ever seen or had a Brownie Obsession but me and two of my friends can only eat about half of it, its huge and I was rather amused at the little girl for wanting a whole one for herself.
             The mother looked as if she had a long day and the last thing she wanted to do was argue with her child, and she just let the girl do whatever she wanted, except get the brownie. The mother di...

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