Time Out #234
Me: Charlotte, we do not hit our sister with toys.
2 minutes later....
Me again: Charlotte, we also do not hurt other people with our hands.
2 minutes later...
Still me: Charlotte Jane, if you touch your sister one more time you are going to time out!
30 seconds later...
Me: That is it! Time out! We do not hurt others with our feet, hands, or objects, do you understand those rules?
Charlotte: FINE! THEN I WILL HURT. YOUR. FEELINGS!!!
Me: Charlotte, we do not hit our sister with toys.
2 minutes later....
Me again: Charlotte, we also do not hurt other people with our hands.
2 minutes later...
Still me: Charlotte Jane, if you touch your sister one more time you are going to time out!
30 seconds later...
Me: That is it! Time out! We do not hurt others with our feet, hands, or objects, do you understand those rules?
Charlotte: FINE! THEN I WILL HURT. YOUR. FEELINGS!!!
Sigh. The battles are never ending. I actually just read Parenting with Love and Logic and have found some of their theories to be spot on. We're on about week 2 of incorporating their "rules" in to our lives and I have to say the bad behavior, "no mommy" and tantrums are fewer.
ReplyDeleteI've heard really great things about it, thanks for the reminder to check it out :)
DeleteShe's a clever one isn't she? :-) I'm not dealing with this yet but I'll keep that book in mind for one of these days!
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