From: Cloud9prty@aol.com
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 07:55:47 EST
Subject: Re: Handling Parents
To: balloon@balloonhq.com

In a message dated 2/15/00 12:34:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
mbalzer@balloonhq.com writes:

<< Check the "Twisting for children" chapter of the "Guide to Balloons and
 Ballooning" on the Balloon HQ web site.  In the "Dealing With Kids Who Are
 Too Young For Balloons" section you'll find 7 years worth of collected
 answers to your question. >>

somewhere in that 7 year collection is a post I sent in on this same 
situation.  I create what I call a "visual" for  child, which is something 
that can be seen from a range greater than their reach.  It's actually an 
entire routine in and of itself that causes amusement while diffusing the 
potential for becoming a volatile or uncomfortable situation.  Hunt it down, 
I use it often and it works EVERY time.

jimmy Leo - CLoud 9 Balloons
Long Island NY