...to never try to reason with a child! That is a fruitless waste of time. There is absolutely nothing to be gained by that. You will always come away looking like an idiot!
Case and point. Tonight, Katie was planning her next birthday party (which doesn't come around again until September, which she knows, but still feels compelled to plan for almost daily) in great detail.
She asked if Lucy (her cabbage patch doll) could come. "Of course." I reply.
"But she can't have cake." says my brilliant child, with whom I don't try to reason.
"Of course" I say, thinking that at this moment, she is living in reality and acknowledging that Lucy is plastic.
And then she says, "Only pie. She can only have pie. Cause I'm the boss of her."
I say, "Of course."
What more is there to say to that? I wonder if I will be able to have cake, because quite frankly, I wonder if Katie isn't just the boss of me sometimes. Then again, I might rather have pie.
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It's good to have someone to boss. As an oldest child, I speak from experience. I was the boss of lots of people, real and imaginary.
Not my mom, though. Believe me, I tried.
Man, you're going to offer both cake AND pie at the party!! Will it perhaps be strawberry pie? Lucky 6 year old! ;-)
Elena
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