"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God, But only he who sees takes off his shoes, The rest sit 'round it and pluck blackberries."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Parenting Methodology... M style

Mom/Dad: M, please do _____ .

M: NOOOOOOO!!!!

Mom/Dad: Fine, I will do it.

M: NOOOOOOOO!!!!

Apparently she likes sharing less than she likes being disobedient.

Thank goodness. It even works for nap-time.

(For E, we used to ask her if she would do something and if she said "no" we'd tell her to say "please" and then we'd "let" her do it. It worked every time. Yes, I manipulate. It's the only way to survive.)

1 comment:

Kassie said...

I have survived motherhood by manipulation and bribery!! ok ok Barely surviving but still!!