Oh Ginger, I know. (don't I know!!!) But everything is Grace's schedule. It always has been. And she's spoiled ROTTEN and willful to boot. The willfulness has kept her alive, but still. So spoiled.
The Bay City Rollers, now that's music.
Giles ,'Sleeper'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Sep 21, 2009 6:42:15 pm PDT #10124 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
DavidS - Sep 21, 2009 7:08:17 pm PDT #10125 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I expect Grace has been indulged but I wouldn't think she's spoiled in her circumstances. She's got a hard gig. Besides, you can always bring the willful ones to heel with lots of timeouts when it's necessary. Sometimes.
Speaking of whom...
Hec, that's a very sweet essay. It's lovely to see his turnaround of attitude in his own words.
Yeah. As his Krav instructor told me, "He's got a lot of heart." Of course, that's more to do with his workout than his big brothering. Matilda sat yearning at the edge of the mat, and muttered plaintively, "I want to be brave!"
quester - Sep 21, 2009 7:08:31 pm PDT #10126 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
ita, all the ~ma in the world for your cousin and the rest of your family.
Theodosia - Sep 21, 2009 7:10:50 pm PDT #10127 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Willful is a double-edged sword indeed. I swear that's all that's kept my Mom alive at times, but this past winter she was ready to stubborn herself to death.
At least Grace is going to grow UP... eventually.
quester - Sep 21, 2009 7:11:01 pm PDT #10128 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
And Gud,
I should point out that the Royals are no longer the worst team in the AL. This could be a good year for them. They even have a shot at not being the worst team in their division.
Until you just JINXED THEM!
Burrell - Sep 21, 2009 7:12:49 pm PDT #10129 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm so sorry ita.
But Kat, great news that Grace is walking! It's just YAY!
Besides, you can always bring the willful ones to heel with lots of timeouts when it's necessary. Sometimes.
You can? I find that so far nothing has really penetrated with my younger one. Speaking of, he's starting to get into fights with his friends at school. He came home today covered in scratches. Oy.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 21, 2009 7:16:50 pm PDT #10130 of 30001
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
~ma for you and your family, ita.
Burrell - Sep 21, 2009 7:18:52 pm PDT #10131 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh Hec, I just read Emmett's essay. It is absolutely wonderful, really really sweet. I love his description of Mathilda's eyes.
DavidS - Sep 21, 2009 7:21:53 pm PDT #10132 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You can?
I don't know. I only know what worked with Emmett. But he did get at least one, sometimes two awful, screechy, meltdown timeouts a day when he was 2 and 3 years old. I mean, and I gave him timeouts for bad attitude too, though most of them were for fairly egregious tantrumy behavior.
I gave Matilda a timeout today and it was the first time in a month and a half. That's not what it was like with Emmett at the same age. He was exhausting.
Seriously, I'm no expert. I only know my kids. But I did have to find a consequence that was powerful enough to make him unhappy and make the behavior mod work. And I am not by inclination a strict disciplinarian.
But he was just pushing all the time against boundaries that he knew were there. So I'd look for reasons to drop the hammer when I had a controlled situation. Anyway, that was a couple of unfun years of my life.
On the plus side, he's pretty great now.
Trudy Booth - Sep 21, 2009 7:21:55 pm PDT #10133 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Face it, Gud, jinxing the Royals is just not all that tough.