1. You can do whatever you want as long as you say 'sorry' afterwards. 'Sorry' is the ultimate fixer. And best of all, you don't have to mean it. You can repeat the offense and be excused with another flippant 'sorry'. No punishment required (or expected by the child).
2. The horrible art of tattling. Oh geez, I'm tired of it. Peter didn't know what tattling was 7 weeks ago. Now I'm getting hourly petty complaints from him regarding all of Reuben's annoyances. So reeducation has started and just in case you have this problem in your family too, here are four options to teach your tattler:
1. Ignore the annoyer.
2. Ask him to stop.
3. Distract him and get him to do something else.
4. Go away from him.
Genius, I know. Now he is stocked with these tools. We'll see if they help.
3. He now thinks monsters are real and he's afraid of them. He doesn't want to sleep in his room, thanks to watching a movie with monsters at school. He slept on our floor last night.
Thank you public education.
*Now I know there are excellent things about public schools. These negative points have just exposed themselves today, Day One of summer vacation. I now have the
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