There's an art to outsmarting your kids. You know the game of getting them to do what you want them to do, all the while making it seem like they are the ones ultimately in control. It's a talent worth developing. For example, when you have a six year old who insists on Monday morning that there is no school today because his teacher told him so on Friday. And you try to convince him that the holiday was last week, NOT this week. And there's no convincing him. So you tell him to go to school and "make sure" there is no school today, and if he's right, then he can call you and you'll come and get him. Just wish I could be that brilliant with every point of dispute in this house.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Child Psychology
There's an art to outsmarting your kids. You know the game of getting them to do what you want them to do, all the while making it seem like they are the ones ultimately in control. It's a talent worth developing. For example, when you have a six year old who insists on Monday morning that there is no school today because his teacher told him so on Friday. And you try to convince him that the holiday was last week, NOT this week. And there's no convincing him. So you tell him to go to school and "make sure" there is no school today, and if he's right, then he can call you and you'll come and get him. Just wish I could be that brilliant with every point of dispute in this house.
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