A few months ago, when Buddy did not necessarily agree with one of our parental decisions (”No, you cannot change your socks for the 11th time”; “No, you cannot play with these scissors”; etc), he made his anger known by taking a swipe at us. He learned pretty quickly that we would not tolerate the [...]
TOPICS: parenting
Jan 26 2006
Who’s the Boss?
The other morning, the kids and I headed out to a playgroup. We were late, of course (I’m a chronic schedule delinquent and having two toddlers does not help this flaw). Buddy picked out some sneakers to wear and I sat him down and quickly put the first shoe on him. Abruptly, he decided he [...]
Jun 16 2005
Split Ten Minutes
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I have too many “split second” occurances throughout the day. …Maybe I should call them “split five minutes.” No… maybe “ten.” Anyway, there are a lot of these. You know — ‘I turned [...]
