My 8yo is sitting here in the living room with his BFF. They had a "fun" lunch which ended with a few Newman's Own cookies and one of those tiny little Ben and Jerry's cups.
I guess the BFF didn't get enough because she left the table and went to play but kept asking when we could have more cookies. Ds jumped right on the more cookies please bandwagon and instead I offered to cut up some watermelon in a bit. (These are not 2 kids you want to hype up on sugar together! LOL) Ds was happy to wait for fruit. BFF...not so much.
I know her mom well, so I feel comfortable just ignoring her when she whines and complains. It wasn't bothering me but I guess ds had finally had it, so this is what he told her:
"BFF, you should just stop whining now. My mom doesn't listen to whining. If you want something, you have to ask once politely and then wait patiently until she's ready. Otherwise you'll get nothing."
Wow, all these years I thought neither of my kids was paying any attention to me! Guess I was wrong.
I guess the BFF didn't get enough because she left the table and went to play but kept asking when we could have more cookies. Ds jumped right on the more cookies please bandwagon and instead I offered to cut up some watermelon in a bit. (These are not 2 kids you want to hype up on sugar together! LOL) Ds was happy to wait for fruit. BFF...not so much.
I know her mom well, so I feel comfortable just ignoring her when she whines and complains. It wasn't bothering me but I guess ds had finally had it, so this is what he told her:
"BFF, you should just stop whining now. My mom doesn't listen to whining. If you want something, you have to ask once politely and then wait patiently until she's ready. Otherwise you'll get nothing."
Wow, all these years I thought neither of my kids was paying any attention to me! Guess I was wrong.
