"MOMMY! Why are you b.e.ing so mean!?" I totally deserved that one day and started crying, hugging her, and telling her sorry. YEAH, that was the wrong move. Now I am always being mean. Disciplining now ends in me "b.e.ing mean", teaching her something she is doing wrong ends in me "b.e.ing mean", general conversations turn into "why you b.e.ing so mean". Why does she have to be so smart...tell Mom she is mean in every situation and she will cry, hug, and apologize A LOT, maybe even give you a cookie afterwards. Parenting tip #1,000,576, 345...don't ever, I repeat, EVER, let your children manipulate you into giving them cookies by telling you you are mean.
Example:
"BUT MOM!! I want to move the fireplace, and move the chairs over there, and let's move this wall over there, and I need to move this table here (which she did--can you say freakishly strong), and then let's...(on & on she went)."
"UM, yeah, no."
By saying no, you would have thought I squashed a toddlers biggest dreams in the entire world of being an interior designer. She was devastated mostly about not moving the fireplace and proceeded to tell me AGAIN "MOMMY, you are b.e.ing so mean!" I swear she didn't get any cookies!
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