![]() It’s vigorous snuggle time! You break into a grin and say, “Come here, you!” in a cartoon version of your “I’m fed up with you!” routine. But you have given that talk many times, and it doesn’t sink in. You could go in and give a serious, “You don’t get to treat your brother that way” talk. Or your child is pestering his younger brother, hoarding a toy that the younger one wants. Instead of trying to reason or distract, you pick up your child, throw him over your shoulder, and tromp around the kitchen, saying “I’ve got the biggest cookie lover of them all! He loves cookies! He loves cookies! He loves cookies!” Anything silly and playfully physical will do. You say “Not now, sweetie, have a carrot instead,” but the whining continues. Read More: Find out what causes whining and how you can stop it in What's the Cure for Whining? Setting Playful Limits When one reasonable request doesn’t get through to our children, it’s time for an entirely new tactic. And if you set no limits at all, children have the same response: they resort to more flagrant and inflammatory behavior. In response to punishment, a child veers off into unworkable behavior more often. And more drastic measures drive our children farther from us. ![]() Pleading usually escalates sooner or later to a blowup, because it doesn’t work. _ Jacob Ludin, 11, is in fifth grade at the Pinellas County Jewish Day School in Clearwater.But in truth, neither approach really helps a child who is lost in ‘Unworkable Behavior Land.' Carolina's Sir Purr, whose real name is Todd Maroldo, said that he has been a mascot for years because "it gives me a unique opportunity to put a smile on someone's face, someone who may be having a bad day." ![]() If they are as good at rallying their team as Captain Fear, they can attend the Super Bowl. But most do get to attend the Pro Bowl, and do some other traveling. The mascots generally do not travel with the team. Other mascots who hold second jobs are prohibited by their team from talking about what they do when they are out of costume. Humphreys owns a company called Fur Bus, a party bus with a fake fur interior. Most of the mascots said that they do not have other jobs, but some do have second jobs. "I walked aimlessly around town, found my car and went home." Finally, a policeman picked me up and took me back to the parade, which was now over," said Freddie, who is played by Trey Humphreys. "He dropped me off on the side of the road and left for the fire. ![]() The truck was traveling 60 to 70 miles per hour when the driver noticed Freddie in the mirror on top of the truck. He quickly put the head back on _ backward.įreddie, the mascot for the Atlanta Falcons, said that once he hopped on a fire truck in an Atlanta parade when suddenly the crew had to go to a fire. He went too fast, and his costume head popped off and landed 10 feet away from him. Sir Purr once was inline skating in the stadium and thought it would be funny to roll into a wall really fast. But some have had embarrassing and strange things happen to them. Mascots working in domes have it much easier. "When it is 110 degrees in Tennessee, you can't shed your fur fast enough," T-Rac said. The Carolina Panthers' mascot, Sir Purr, says that he sweats so much, he loses 6 pounds every game. Every game they have to wear heavy fur costumes, and it is hot inside them. When I told him I would be Captain Fear, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers mascot, he shouted, "This conversation is OVER, this interview is OVER!"īeing a mascot can be tough work. He wanted to know my age, what I wanted to be when I grew up and how I got to be a writer for the paper. T-Rac, who is played by Pete Nelson, then took over and began interviewing the interviewer.
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