the second the phone rings and you start chatting to yr mates the kids start acting like ferral cats going wild jumping all over well just misbehaving lol why do they do this ??
2007-10-04 09:37:45 · 24 answers · asked by robertboozychic 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
oh my god, i thought it was only my kids who did this, they will be sitting there,watching tele,or on the computer,and the moment they here me talking on the phone,they either start arguing with each other,screaming,and shouting "mum,will you tell him/her, or mum,i want a drink,"etc, or they'll start running around nearly breaking things,and then i have to interrupt the call by saying "will you stop that,watch what you're doing, dont do that, pack it in," but the one thing that i can gaurantee that i say every time is "why do you always start when i'm on the phone,you've been good all day" and i'm sure my friend or family member are thinking "liar,bet those kids have been like that all day,they're dead naughty" but seriously my kids can be angels,but once someones visiting or on the other end of the phone they turn hyperactive,its because they know that you wont shout at them,if you are talking to someone,so feel that they can be mischeivious and get away with it,thats why i go on yahoo answers when they go bed,at least its one conversation(as such) that wont get interrupted,lol :-)
2007-10-04 12:51:48 · answer #1 · answered by stokies 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well ,possibly to get attention from you ?
Can it be they are attention seekers (a trait inheried from parents~possibly?)
How long are you on the phone? Why not let the kid come over & say hello to the uncle or aunty @the other end ?Maybe say hello & a few words?Usually i found this satisfied the kid & he went about his work /play or bsiness ~quietly??
Give the kid a make believe toy phone to have a "chat " with
a sibling or a parent? or grandparent! generally works like a charm as they are copying you!!
2007-10-04 12:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by sunil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG yes it drives me nuts!!!!! they are like oh look moms on the phone shes not paying ant attention lets act like barbarians. its even worse when its an important phone call the other day a man called me to set up a very important meeting for work and all he could here is the Oscar Meyer bologna song and stuff getting broken hes like wow that's some commotion you've got going on there i was so embarrassed but kids will be kids and like my mom says youve got to learn to pick your battles let them do the innocent stuff now wile they are youg but when thery turn 16 and want to have sex then battle
2007-10-04 09:49:17 · answer #3 · answered by @!#$%^ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My kids do this all the time. It's the same reason they act a little bit off their rocker in the stores too. Because they know you can't yell at them. If you're on the phone, you're less likely to yell and scream at them. It's their opportunity to get away with a lot more than if you were able to scold them right away.
It's ingenius actually - they know they'll get away with it. Even if you get off the phone and yell at them, they know they had 5 to 10 minutes of mischief!
2007-10-04 09:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by LuvMy4Kids 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HA! Your kids do this too, huh? It must be some inert instinctual function programmed in their brains!!
Sometimes I will lock myself in the bathroom to take a call (with the kids being supervised by my mother) And naturally the boys have to use the washroom then!
I don't agree with the attention comment, because I give my kids the utmost attention and still they do this!
2007-10-04 09:43:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yup, its because your not listening they think they can do whatever they want for five minutes while your on the phone, its also because your not giving them your full attention, all my kids are grown up now but it used to drive me mad, now my grandchildren do it.
What used to really bug me was i had a cordless phone so id go into another room and they'd follow me. lol. isn't life funny
2007-10-04 22:53:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh yeah, Im very familiar with this one!! or when youre on the phone, all of a sudden you are the best thing since sliced bread, and the kids want your undevided attention!! lol, lil monkeys!
2007-10-04 09:42:27 · answer #7 · answered by atlantis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your kids are jelous someone else is getting your attention, I did the same to my mom 30 yrs. ago.
2007-10-04 09:41:04 · answer #8 · answered by melissa n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah there was five kids in the house when i was younger, kids do this all the time.
however it was always a rule in my house that when you see mom talking on the phone period SHUT THE HELL UP or you'll get in trouble later....lol. it worked.
2007-10-04 09:44:37 · answer #9 · answered by Hopethishelps! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine are same and my son always says he has something I'mportant to say to me when im chatting.
Hes like 2mum mum mum" and tells me something totally useless which could've waited I have wireless phone and go into another room they follow me !!
2007-10-04 09:42:33 · answer #10 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋