I am not my daughters friend
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I just spent 10 minutes explaining to my 3 year old daughter in no uncertain terms that she is not to talk to her Mum rudely or tell her what to do. The response was quite a lengthy tear session in the middle of which she looked straight at me and said "You are NOT my friend daddy. Not my friend. You don't get to talk to me. Mummy is my friend". I knew something like that would happen eventually, but I didn't think it would happen this young, and I certainly didn't expect it to feel like she pulled my heart out and ripped it up with her cute little hands. Sigh. :sigh: Sometimes it really truly sucks being the man of the house.
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I just spent 10 minutes explaining to my 3 year old daughter in no uncertain terms that she is not to talk to her Mum rudely or tell her what to do. The response was quite a lengthy tear session in the middle of which she looked straight at me and said "You are NOT my friend daddy. Not my friend. You don't get to talk to me. Mummy is my friend". I knew something like that would happen eventually, but I didn't think it would happen this young, and I certainly didn't expect it to feel like she pulled my heart out and ripped it up with her cute little hands. Sigh. :sigh: Sometimes it really truly sucks being the man of the house.
Phil Martin... wrote:
Sigh. Sigh Sometimes it really truly sucks being the man of the house.
5! been there, done that, don't even have the T-shirt to show for it.... When she needs you she will be back. Not that it will help in the mean time, but she will have a short memory at that age.
_________________________ John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others." Shhhhh.... I am not really here. I am a figment of your imagination.... I am still in my cave so this must be an illusion....
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Phil Martin... wrote:
We have this white child proof door handle thing which makes it show she can't open her own door. If she does what she is supposed to and only come out of he room to go to the toilet, then all is well. If she comes out for any other reason, the child lock goes on, resulting in much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
This makes me cringe. What happens if there's a fire between where you are and her bedroom? Alarm the door if you must so she can't sneak out; but don't trap her with no way to escape on her own in an emergency.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Very good point, thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't conciously thought about it, however it is unlikely the few metres of carpet between where I'm sitting waiting for her to calm down and her door will spontaneously combust. I wait until she is asleep then take it off.
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She won't even remember she said it a week from now.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001Week??? Try minute! I get this every other day with my GF's daughter. And my GF gets it the other way around every other day as well. Critique is never popular with a kid, but is often needed. Just know that she loves you and always will. I feel extraordinary lucky to be able to feel that from a 6 year-old who isn't even my daughter. :-) A child is an egotistical, manipulating, self-centered and lying little animal. However, that's their job, and you can NEVER blame them for it. Just love them and cope with it. Remember that a 3 year-old's brain isn't even equipped to be able to see things from someone elses point of view (there are several experiments to prove it). This ability comes first at about 4-5 years. An CARING about someone elses point of view comes even later - and requires LOTS of teaching. But they DO love you. Never question that! One experiment (tell this to the kid): - Lisa's doll is in the bed. - Annie sneaks into Lisa's room when Lisa isn't there and hides the doll in the closet. - Lisa comes into the room after Annie has left. - Where does Lisa go to look for the doll? A 3 year-old should answer "the closet", because that's where it is. Only a 4-5 year-old or older kid normally answers "the bed", because younger kids don't understand that Lisa can't know that its in the closet.
