Saturday, October 25, 2008

I don't know...

...how to get a boy to understand the word 'No'.

Girls, they just look at you, with your stern face on and your stiff tone, and realise that what they are doing might be wrong or bad for them in some way and they stop doing it. Immediately.

Boys, they continue to do it until either they fall down, fall off, get their finger trapped, crack their head open, get burned, get all the tiny pieces everywhere, swallow the penny, eat the cat food or get covered in the dingy, stinking water.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wasn't sure whether to comment here or on BC......

But....

I know it is cheesy, but I have found the naughty step routine has worked for Sam. He was the same as Gabe, nothing would hit home, no matter how stern the voice or angry the face. After a few trips to the naughty step, he got it. If I mention the step now, he cries, coz he knows he is being naughty.

We still have a way to go, he occasionally develops deafness, but he is getting better......