[valleygirl]

I am not sure how to handle this, but the last few customers I've had come for portraits have had extremely poorly behaved children. This is to the point that almost all of the family pictures I took have the kids either sticking out their tongue, hitting each other, pulling hair or making raspberries at the camera. I try my best with my little tricks but these kids have just been downright uncooperative. The parents get frustrated and can't seem to control what is going on. Today the father couldn't take it anymore and practically got up and left before we were done.

So my question is, how much of this is my responsibility to try and control? Not being my children, I feel there is only so much I can do. I tell them I've blocked off two hours and that we can take our time, but they always want to take the pictures and run and then expect me to get something good with the kids are misbehaved.

Ugh. So frustrated.