China and India
So, the boys were fighting one day and Sara said, “That’s it. All you ever do is fight with each other and I’m sick of it. Fight fight fight. No more! Both of you pick a country. I’m sending you to a different country so that you never have to see each other ever again and so you won’t fight anymore.”
(We’ve been reading a lot of child rearing books and none of them talk about deportation as a means to behavior modification, so we thought we’d give it a shot.)
Owen said, “China! I get China!”
Miles said, “I get Oakley.”
Sara said, “That’s not far enough. I might see you at the grocery store.”
Miles said, “Fine. I will go to India.”
Sara said, “Great. You go to China, you go to India.” Then she turned down the hallway to her room. As soon as she turned, she heard Miles whisper at Owen,
“India is better than China.”
Heather said,
January 5, 2008 at 11:50 pm
You guys slay me! I’m so glad you’ve come back to your blog.
sally said,
February 3, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Can we say global domination? Don’t let them get into RISK or maybe it’s better than the fist fights. It just turns it into a verbal battle. As my boys turn to the pummeling quite often, my hope is the Ken and Sue Hansen boys. Two as mild mannered as possible parents and their boys reveled in who came out on top of the pummeling. The joys…