The Age of Reason
The great thing about having older children is that you can begin to reason with them. Parents can drop the bribery tactics and move swiftly on to persuasion, trading and tit for tat.
“Tell you what?”
“What is it now mom?”
“You make your packed lunch and I’ll make you supper?”
“Great I get to pick out my own food!”
“!”
“Tell you what?”
“Wot?”
“You make your packed lunch and I’ll make you supper?”
“Why?”
“Why? Because you need to learn to become independent and do things on your own.”
“Why?”
“Because then when you grow up and leave home you’ll be able to look after yourself properly.”
“O.k. I get dat.”
“Where are you going?”
“Play.”
“What about your packed lunch? What about supper?”
“Das o.k. mom I ain’t gonna be leavin home.”
“!”
“Tell you what?”
“Wot?”
“You make your packed lunch and I’ll make you supper?”
“No.”
“No? Hang on a sec, where are you going? What about your packed lunch? What about supper?”
“I’m gonna die of malnutrition.”
“!”
September 18th, 2009 at 3:58 am
“Das o.k. mom I ain’t gonna be leavin home.”
LOL!
Never ask a question you don’t know the one and only one answer to.
Joe
September 18th, 2009 at 3:59 am
I’ve heard all three at my house.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:15 am
ha! Love it. Maybe I don’t want to enter the age of reason.
September 18th, 2009 at 5:34 am
Das o.k. mom I ain’t gonna be leavin home.
Words to give a parent nightmares.
September 18th, 2009 at 8:45 am
I’ve heard the same words…not leaving home. Agree these are words to give nightmares.
September 18th, 2009 at 11:37 am
haha! Such a funny guy.
September 18th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Laughing too hard to comment! God, I love your children!