Understanding and defining independence with a 4 year old
Exactly 1 hour and 17 minutes ago Drama Llama went missing.
It took me 30 minutes to find him.
That was the LONGEST 30 minutes of my life. Longer than child birth, longer than waiting for a doctors prognosis, longer than an earthquake. I won't say it was the scariest, but it's definitely the second scariest moment of my life ( Read more... )
It took me 30 minutes to find him.
That was the LONGEST 30 minutes of my life. Longer than child birth, longer than waiting for a doctors prognosis, longer than an earthquake. I won't say it was the scariest, but it's definitely the second scariest moment of my life ( Read more... )
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It gets better.
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" Mom? I crashed the car"
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If you train them right, the call goes like this.
"Mom? Hiya! First of all, I am not injured, nor is anyone else. Second, I think I put a ding in the car... how bad? I suppose that depends on your definition of "ding"....
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Yeah, nothing like trying to explain to kids that your world view is not the same as theirs. If I remember my child psych classes accurately, it takes a remarkable number of years for them to be able to understand that what THEY know and what someone ELSE knows are not the same thing.
If nothing else, there's the simple answer of "I told you that you couldn't go outside. You disobeyed. There are consequences." Hopefully that much sank in.
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I want him to have his independence, I do think it's important. Being timid in life doesn't get us far, but being to independent is just scary at this age.
When I talked to him this morning, he still doesn't understand the issue. He was fine and I know where he is NOW so whats the big deal.
He did get the concept that he did something I told him not to though, so hopefully that will work for now.
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*more hugs* I'm sure it won't be the last heart attack he gives you/Killian/the family.
But he's a smart kid. He'll get it eventually.
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*hugs*
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