Parenting has improved my ability to read the air.
My son is the kind who keeps quiet n not share what’s bugging him. But it’s very irritating for me, because this means things will come to a standstill as he won’t cooperate.
So, his habit before going home is to eat a cup of yoghurt. But today, he refused, which was ATYPICAL behaviour. It took me some while before I realised that I had earlier asked him to lend his small hippo 🦛 to his sister. He had followed my instruction, even though he didn’t like it.
Him refusing the yoghurt was his silent protest!
Luckily, I was eventually able to figure out the reason and draw a link between his sullen silence and lending his hippo. The sky cleared; we bought his yoghurt; and now, we are on our way home. Phew!
Parenting has improved my ability to read the air.
My son is the kind who keeps quiet n not share what’s bugging him. But it’s very irritating for me, because this means things will come to a standstill as he won’t cooperate.
So, his habit before going home is to eat a cup of yoghurt. But today, he refused, which was ATYPICAL behaviour. It took me some while before I realised that I had earlier asked him to lend his small hippo 🦛 to his sister. He had followed my instruction, even though he didn’t like it.
Him refusing the yoghurt was his silent protest!
Luckily, I was eventually able to figure out the reason and draw a link between his sullen silence and lending his hippo. The sky cleared; we bought his yoghurt; and now, we are on our way home. Phew!
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