When it comes to scolding Seena or warning her of possible consequences for her actions, I resort to going to the extreme. I don't know why. My sister does it too. We share stories and laugh about it. I know it's wrong...or is it?
Maybe in the beginning I thought it would scare her enough that she would never do the "behavior" again or maybe I just wanted to see how creative I could get. Who knows. Either way it doesn't seem to have any effect on Seena. I guess she's figured out my bluff ;)
Today we had 2 such scenarios...
Scenario 1
While at Target she asked if she could sit on the edge of the cart. I told her no and of course this was immediately met by a "but why?". My response, "no because you could fall and you'll split your head open. Then your brains will spill all over the floor and people will start slipping on it. Do you want that? Do you want people slipping on your brains?".
Her response, "well, does that mean I'll start talking like this...jifes fiojof fifs fiosrsa?"
Scenario 2
While brushing her teeth this evening she began running around the house with the toothbrush still in her mouth. My response, "stop running around. If you fall, the toothbrush will go straight through the back of your throat and you'll have a huge hole there. And everytime you eat or drink the food will go out that hole."
Her response - she just gave her best 5 year old eye roll and kept brushing her teeth.
At least she stopped running :)
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4 years ago
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There is no answer I can give Blake that will answer in a way that prevents the "But Why?" Ahhhh!
That's hysterical...exactly how I intend to teach my children right from wrong! It needs to be graphic!
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