Friday, July 07, 2006
Obedience
As I chased Sarah around the picnic table last night, I wondered why. I mean, I knew the reason I was trying to catch her but I wondered why I was CHASING her. She had flipped out in the front yard about something. Oh yeah, her bike. Sarah slammed the helmet to the ground and let her bike crash in defiance of ME. Big mistake. I ordered her to her room. She promptly ran away. She is a quick little thing and I wondered what I would do if I caught her. The whole neighborhood could already hear her saga and trying to physically remove the girl is not common sense on my part. I walked into the house. Joshua was very concerned that I had left her outside alone to wail. He stationed himself at the window. "Mom, what if someone takes her?" I answered "Joshua, do you honestly think someone will WANT to take her and if they try, do you think she'll let them??!!"
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Attention feeds the tantrum monster. No attention, no tantrum. You did great.
When Joey was 18 mo. old I went to the park with my 6 month pregnant neighbor who had to chase her 2 1/2 year old screaming daughter around a field (a very large field) to catch her so we could go home. I vowed never to chase a child who was old enough to understand "come". I don't believe I ever have.
I was given good counsel by an older couple who said that the most important thing I needed to teach my very young children was to respect and obey me--instantly, and just because I said so. Email me if you want more details...Joey's got my address.
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