tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073474081578035333.post1447598889841052135..comments2023-09-24T06:27:19.823-05:00Comments on Just one more chair: What did my charming son do on Friday?thefarmersdaughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04285164600604381321noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073474081578035333.post-52558092012337088992009-09-24T12:55:26.542-05:002009-09-24T12:55:26.542-05:00it's a fine line with a 5 yr old. He needs to ...it's a fine line with a 5 yr old. He needs to learn a lesson, but not be terrorized. I think that cuting something up wouldn't have taught the lesson I wanted him to come away with in the end. <br />It's been almost a week now, and he's been perfect since the "incident" so I'm happy.thefarmersdaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285164600604381321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073474081578035333.post-47829387854012063072009-09-23T19:37:20.649-05:002009-09-23T19:37:20.649-05:00Hey if he has the motivation to work for quarters ...Hey if he has the motivation to work for quarters maybe that will be good motivation to NOT CUT UP OTHER PEOPLE'S STUFF. This seems like logical parenting from where I'm sitting. Although cutting up something of his would have gotten the message across as well, I feel like you made the better choice ;)Anne At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980087155991051007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073474081578035333.post-25980829190134083132009-09-23T06:42:16.934-05:002009-09-23T06:42:16.934-05:00"He was concerned that I was going to cut up ..."He was concerned that I was going to cut up something of his."<br /><br />Kids sense of justice is funny. Totally playground retribution there--if someone had messed my stuff up as a kid, I'd have been right on it to mess up theirs. :)<br /><br />I'm guessing he was a little relieved you don't roll that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073474081578035333.post-75494479660701938462009-09-22T10:55:30.220-05:002009-09-22T10:55:30.220-05:00he loves money. He picks up rocks in the yard and ...he loves money. He picks up rocks in the yard and pine cones for quarters. I bribed him with quarters to learn how to snap his own pants and wipe his own butt. He has lost two teeth and got money for that, and he has some extentended family that give him dollars for holidays. <br />He has bought two of his own toys with his money already-now my curtains- and he's already trying to re-earn money again to buy a new toy.thefarmersdaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285164600604381321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073474081578035333.post-71280209056028356132009-09-21T23:39:11.273-05:002009-09-21T23:39:11.273-05:00I think you handled that really well. Really well!...I think you handled that really well. Really well! I'm glad he had a piggy bank. My kids don't. (Hubby is adament we "can't afford it." <br /><br />Well done, Mom.Alana in Canadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440969357242099169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073474081578035333.post-38041086415547603752009-09-21T16:40:28.373-05:002009-09-21T16:40:28.373-05:005 and 1/2. Old enough to know better. Old enough t...5 and 1/2. Old enough to know better. Old enough to understand. <br /><br />I don't think kids should be spanked. I never have. I still don't. The boy is pretty well behaved, even if this story doesn't show it.thefarmersdaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285164600604381321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073474081578035333.post-44188755836884076392009-09-20T17:59:44.587-05:002009-09-20T17:59:44.587-05:00Yeah, that sounds like a very reasonable, well-exp...Yeah, that sounds like a very reasonable, well-explained response. Piggy bank + no cartoons sounds very fair and clearly makes him see the results of his actions. How old is this kid now?Anne At Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980087155991051007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073474081578035333.post-28396785812399864692009-09-20T14:01:48.411-05:002009-09-20T14:01:48.411-05:00holy crap, TFD, LOL.....What a good mother you are...holy crap, TFD, LOL.....What a good mother you are.<br /><br />xxjendavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com