So today at preschool, my youngest child decided to pee in the playhouse outside at preschool!
In addition to that, he was calling his friends stupid and hitting. aauuggh!
So, we talked tonight while Jacob was in the shower about not peeing outside. Then I remembered the sage advice of telling them what they are supposed to do, not what they should not do. After I am satisfied that he knows we go potty in the BATHROOM, we move on to language.
Me: "Jared, we say nice things. Like pretty." (OK, so I was not prepared and pretty was the first nice thing that popped into my head.
Jared. "I not pretty. I am a boy. Boys not pretty."
Me: "Oh."
Jared: "I don't like pink. I like blue. I like red." (apparently pretty = pink in Jared's economy.)
Me: "Well, you can tell your friends at school who are girls that they are pretty."
Jared: "Kyra my friend. I not call her stupid. Nice things."
I swear. Those books do not cover things like this!
1 comment:
Hmm. Maybe Jared is hitting ALL those mean kids who called him a dummy last year. Do I want him to hit, no, but I was there, heard it, and at 54,I FELT LIKE HITTING SOMETHING. As for peeing outside, well, that is something little boys do. Jared, flash those baby blues, and say, I not, you are so precious.
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