Kvelling about how clever my children are
Jul. 6th, 2006 12:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexIf you're not into people talking about their kids then just move along, this is not the posting for you...
The mind of the three-year-old:
On Monday Pygment brought L to have a picnic with Daddy. The picnic area at work includes a round fountain with a gravel area around it. Our little activity bug couldn't actually sit and have a picnic. He needed to eat a bite, then run around the fountain. I ran with him a couple of times and he proudly declared that Daddy couldn't catch him. Pygment asked if he could catch Daddy and he proceeded to do try. I dodged to the side. Giggles, try again, I dodge again. More serious now, try again. I dodge.
L: "Daddy, could you stop moving to the side please?"
Me: "OK"
L: *grab* "Gotcha!"
The mind of the six-year-old:
Last night K lost the privilege of the usual bedtime stories due to some random and unrelated misbehavior. While cleaning up his room he found a reward card (*) for an extra bedtime story and asked if he could use that card to get a story. I agreed. My kid, shrewd? Oy. The desire to reward clever thinking won out over the desire to enforce discipline.
(*) Reward cards are K-chosen from a deck of pre-agreed rewards given in response to good interactions or exceptional coping. he doesn't get them just for following the ordinary rules.
The mind of the three-year-old:
On Monday Pygment brought L to have a picnic with Daddy. The picnic area at work includes a round fountain with a gravel area around it. Our little activity bug couldn't actually sit and have a picnic. He needed to eat a bite, then run around the fountain. I ran with him a couple of times and he proudly declared that Daddy couldn't catch him. Pygment asked if he could catch Daddy and he proceeded to do try. I dodged to the side. Giggles, try again, I dodge again. More serious now, try again. I dodge.
L: "Daddy, could you stop moving to the side please?"
Me: "OK"
L: *grab* "Gotcha!"
The mind of the six-year-old:
Last night K lost the privilege of the usual bedtime stories due to some random and unrelated misbehavior. While cleaning up his room he found a reward card (*) for an extra bedtime story and asked if he could use that card to get a story. I agreed. My kid, shrewd? Oy. The desire to reward clever thinking won out over the desire to enforce discipline.
(*) Reward cards are K-chosen from a deck of pre-agreed rewards given in response to good interactions or exceptional coping. he doesn't get them just for following the ordinary rules.
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Date: 2006-07-06 05:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-06 05:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-06 06:24 pm (UTC)At any rate it ends up being more like "Here are a few positive things you did today." Some of the reasons are "when I came home you gave me a big kiss", "You played nicely with your brother while I was making dinner", "You had a lot of fun splashing in the mud puddle."
I totally agree that you love them because they're your children, and there really aren't reasons.