"Mommy do you like it now?"

She did so good that night cutting out her stickers. Next day she pulled her table to the bookshelf and climbed up to reach the scissors. You know it - she cut her hair. What made it worse she was happy and wanted mommy to be happy too. Her punishment no tractor for her birthday. The idea of not getting a tractor has gotten her to do just about anything for the pass few months. However, this time she don't care. "It is okay mommy do you like my hair now," Danika says. Now I have a dilemma - Do I get her the tractor or not.? It is the first thing this kid has ever really wanted. If I do get it will she think that she can get away with anything? In reality the next time I need to think about her punishment before I punish - something I can follow through. I just wanted her to have some remorse. Realize her actions were wrong....>

When her father picked her up on Friday he informed me she watched a show with them cutting someone's hair. That he had a bad feeling about it. Nice to know this after the fact.

Please Don't Let Her Cut Her Hair

I was printing off shipping labels and my soon to be three year old decided they were stickers. She wanted my labels and scissors for her stickers. I found a pair of kids scissors I stashed away and printed her some Dora stickers. Hooked her right. I thought she would be trying to peel the stickers off. Nope it is all about cutting with the scissors. What a mess she is making. However, it is great for hand eye coordination. I am just a nervous wreck she is growing to take a chunk of her hair.

How many pop cycles can two little girls eat?

As many as you let them.

It is amazing how I can't get anything done with, "mommy I want you", "can I", "get me", then one little pop cycle and there's peace and silence. The pop cycles are great rewards for proper behavior. If you pick up your toys you can have a pop cycle - never seen a two year be so responsible.

What is the Right Way to Parent?

I read an article today about how to raise our children (toddlers). The article had some humor to it - so I thought. It was the responses that I was blown away. The parents saying that being firm not a friend was the only way. That they didn't need to explain anything to their kids or answer their questions. The teenagers bashing parents for not listening to them and only nagging. I was in total shock because neither side was listening or even trying to be objective in anyway. So called parents were criticizing these teenagers that they didn't even know. Who were voicing they opinions looking for some common ground to help them with the issues they were having with their parents. All these so called parents claiming to be adults not one of them try to explain to these kids their parents were doing the best they could for them. Not one of them mention anything about how us parents love our kids and would die for them. Not one of them said give it ten years or wait until you have your own kids and all that nagging you will understand. These teenagers were looking for something and all they got was negativity - Isn't this world full enough of negativity? What happen to RESPECT and dignity? No parent is prefect - I sure know I am not. However, I have enough respect for all parents and people that I wouldn't disrespect other people kids that I don't know or the situation.