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Reminds me of an incident that happened not too long ago, with my daughter. She got the dog's food from the bowl and started throwing it out on the floor. I tol
by nobodysfool 13y ago
Reminds me of an incident that happened not too long ago, with my daughter. She got the dog's food from the bowl and started throwing it out on the floor. I told her to stop it, and then she started walking away, slightly dejected. I then told her to clean it up, and she turned around, and starting putting each little piece in the bowl again. She's a few months shy of two years old, but I was pretty proud of her. After she sat there a minute picking up the pieces, I came in and helped her out, but I made sure she continued working.
- ChuckMcM 13y agoDid you talk to her about why she shouldn't throw it out? All my kids were different, and I found that rules by fiat never worked for me, but discussions about what we were trying to achieve where more successful. When they were very young, we didn't talk about things so much as we read books with stories and we talked about the stories. Things like Bread and Jam for Frances or Pancakes for Breakfast. I found toddlers to be great observers, and not so great at reasoning :-).