( Ashu is playing )
Me: Ashu! Do you want to come eat your dinner now please?
Ashu: NO!
Me: Ok. Let me rephrase that. Come eat your dinner NOW.
Ashu: Ok. (comes and sits at the table)
Moral of the story: Nice does nt work.
See you in my next class. Have a great day!
16 comments:
LOL! Nice truly doesn't work. here's one for you...
Me: We're going home in 5 minutes okay?
Dhruv n Div: NO!
Me: Ok, let's go home NOW.
D&D: No let's go after 5 minutes
Me thinking : heh...I won!
Nice never ever works !!
Me: Pls come down and do your homework
She: NO
Me: (Tone change) 1, 2, 3, 4, .....
She: OK ... I am coming.
You are fortunate that Ashu's very chamathu - the "NOW" works with her
To follow in the vein of the previous commenters:
Me: Bunnu, come and eat mammam
Bunnu: No
Me: Bunnu, NOW or all your Thomas trains are going to the trash
Bunnu: Then you'll buy me new trains ?
Good one...
nalladhu ke kaalam illai ..as me and hubby keep repeating with my daughter when we are nice and she does not listen and have to raise our voices:))
Bhavani
So true. This happens everyday at our home and you would think they get better as they grow up :)
Point noted. Will implement.
Same with husband. Same with maamiyaar. Nice never works! It will work against us.
-Vidya
Of course...of course. Nice never really works. And whoever told "Be polite and nice and don't ever lose your temper with your kid" has never really had a kid in his\her life!! So...waiting eagerly for your next lesson ma'am. :)
Okie..sample this
Me: R will you please sit on the potty
R: naiiiiiiiii
Me: R if you dont sit on the potty NOW, I will drop you into the bucket and no more bikkis for you
R: Amma Amma, Duck lao, Mein 'O Kuluchi (taking a bath)...after 2 minutes..'Ma no bikkis, Mein Kaju chahiye!!!!"
You are a lucky lady Boo!!!
Ashu is a good girl,but we have this saying "Adi udhavara maadhiri annan thambi kooda udhava maattan".
Not adi but mirattals work.
Hay Boo, been following your blog for sometime now. And i would say your blogs are interesting to read. laced with lot of humor... :)See you around..
I try to be the good mom and say things in a soft and nice tone but it doesn't seem to penetrate through S and N. The moment I raise the voice, I have all their attention.
LOL .. nice lessons Boo and Starry ;)
LOL .. nice lessons Boo and Starry ;)
:)
You are learning fast, Boo!
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