and oodles of other similar parenting approaches. "Buddy, do you want to leave the playground in five minutes or in three minutes?" "Would you like to brush your teeth first or put on your jammies first?"Eddie now has five years under his belt of hearing such statements. And clearly the technique has sunk in, though perhaps not the principles behind it. The other day while in the kitchen I overheard him calmly explain, "Mari, these are your choices. Do you want to give me your balloon or get hit in the face?"
(She gave him the balloon.)
love this! I mean, as a reader of the "love & logic" series. not because he offered to harm his sister...
ReplyDelete@luna - Yes, well. He may have (temporarily) gotten the balloon. But he also got a little introduction to the concept of coercion and why it's not okay, courtesy of me!
ReplyDeleteI shouldn't be laughing. I shouldn't and yet I am. I am laughing so freaking hard. How do you keep a straight face?
ReplyDeleteThat is priceless!!!
ReplyDeleteGuffaw!
ReplyDeleteThat is GREAT!!! Hilarious!! I love Love & Logic! I used it in my elementary classroom, and then read Parenting with Love and Logic a few months ago and can't wait to use it with Gus (he's 13 months).
ReplyDeleteKids are so funny!! Thanks for the laugh!! :)
Love that book, love his application even more!
ReplyDeletePriceless, priceless, priceless!
ReplyDeleteHe's also displaying that he has learned to use words as a first resort.
ReplyDelete> one of my friends commented yesterday that keeping a straight face is the biggest challenge of parenting.
There are moments in being a parent that crack you up. This had to be one of them. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome. Way to go Eddie, and good choice Mari! LOL
ReplyDeleteLove this! That's what big brothers are for.
ReplyDeleteToo funny. Poor Mari!
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious. Love it!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! I needed a laugh tonight! :)
ReplyDeleteActual LOL.
ReplyDeleteWe love "love and logic!" I don't think my kids have caught on yet though.
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