My daughter is two years old and she’s so smart. How smart? Smart enough to peel her own banana and throw the peel in the compost!
That is, until her brother was born and she got neglected and started acting out to get attention!
So I’ve got the baby in my arms, and I give her the banana, but after eating it she throws the peel on the ground right in front of me and goes and plays with her toys.
Not on my watch
I hand my son over to Mom because it’s time for me to do some parenting.
Obviously I asked my daughter Paige to pickup her banana peel and put it in the compost which she refused. But now my hands were free! So we walked over to the peel and I asked her again. She acted out again, but this time I was a stone wall like Easter Island.🗿
Despite all her pouts and screams, I was not moving! I didn’t have to hold her or anything. I just had to setup like a wall so she couldn’t continue with her morning until she picked up her peel and took it to the compost.
You don’t understand, daughter. Daddy has his super power… INFINITE PATIENCE!
For all the things I can’t control, I can control my temper! I’m not a toddler 🤣
Anyways she relented and picked it up and put it in the compost and gave me a high five and kept playing.
Idk if this is the right parenting technique or not, but I’m grateful for my wife’s help so I could enforce boundaries while my daughter tests them 💪
I'm not parent so I can only translate it based on an analogous adult situation: you have to take care of your responsibilities before you can have fun. Seems right to me.
@k00b approved!
Wait, does k00b have kids?
No. He said he is not a parent. Hopefully he plans to be at some point we need k00b in parent's corner.
Yes, everyones perspective is different when raising a child.
We are all @koob ‘s children
I am k00b’s child
And here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart
Well then @k00b's reproduction rate must be the highest on Earth. ;)
Good job.
Give your daughter lots of love too. It's tough to go from only child to sibling getting less attention than the baby. My son was 8 when my daughter was born and even though he was older and understood that mom and dad needed to give a lot of attention to the baby and he was excited about having a sister it was still a difficult adjustment for him.
Oh yea I give all the cuddles and pick her up whenever she asks! Grateful to be on leave to give her more time
Our daughter is extremely willful (which I don't consider a negative trait), so waiting her out can be excruciating.
Now that she's a little older and knows I can wait her out, she complies a bit faster.
So she did learn!
Yes, but not quickly
🙏
Setting clear rules and boundaries are great for kids during their upbringing. They will continue to test you and push boundaries, and it's up to you to teach them what behaviors are acceptable and what behaviors aren't. Good for you on being patient but also standing firm on what she needs to do.
Thanks! So many things I didn’t think of, like putting feet on the table!
I understand you perfectly. Being a parent is a unique experience, being able to know what their dreams and dilemmas are. It is difficult to know how to remain patient, to know how to say yes and no. That is complicated, but it is a profession that has a lot of magic. It fills you and you connect with them little by little. Always communicate with them and show them all the love possible.
Wise words! Yes magic doesn’t happen overnight!
Grateful you understand!
Enjoy your parenthood to the fullest, my friend.
Thank you!
Test after test. Day after day ! Stay strong stay patient. Stay loving
Stay loving is key! Thank you
Sure is
There are many ways you could have gone about it, you know your daughter better than us.
This technique works for you.
Thanks! What would you do for your kid?
Probably the same technique.
But my kids know better not to do that kind of thing.
They have grown out of that phase.
So they DO grow out of it 🙏
Well, we are the same, I have a little girl of the same age... and because we are a large and very talkative family... She is very stimulated in terms of language and dialects... and now we have to call her attention so that she does not repeat the bad words or rudeness that her Grandfather, an old man who only likes to read and watch his soccer games, says... we always have differences because of that🤦 but nevertheless I do my best so that my patience, which I consider is not much or controlled, can be at the correct levels... and follow the path of her correct upbringing👍
Sounds like you’re doing well! Grateful you understand!!
Well done. As a parent of 2 you nailed it!
Thank you!!! I’ll take the wins where I can get them!
Nicely done!
It’s also amazing how swiftly these toddlers’ mood changes, huh? The cloudburst disappears and in comes sunshine!
I wish I could flip on a dime that fast 🤣🤣
I mean a Bitcoin. Flip on a bitcoin
Excellent parenting. 👌
Remember, if your patience is ever waning and you find yourself at the mercy of your temper, imagine yourself as a 90 year old grandpa that wished he could be in the situation you’re presently in just to have more time with your kids.
Awww. Great perspective!
Sounds freakin awesome to me.
Gimme some of that juicy patience!
Just have two kids 😅