Acts of War
I am pretty sure there is something in the Geneva Convention regarding cutting off one's sibling's favorite doll's hair which constitutes a deliberate act of war.
Back in the Good Ole U.S. of A and in the midst of a marathon Latke (potato pancake) making session - Ellah comes in holding her lip and crying. Meanwhile I hear piercing, blood-curdling screaming from the girl's room. Lishai is sitting up in bed - crimson faced, shaking, shrieking - OMG! I think - broken limb, at the very least - a severed appendage - but no.
The hysterionics are due to the fact that her evil, vindictive 4 year old sister has chopped off the hair of her precious, hard-earned favorite Barbie (the one she chose after finishing an 800 page Harry Potter book). Meanwhile the same 4 year old is holding her lip after having a book thrown at her (not condoning the behavior - but it was a paperback Geronimo Stilton).
Who are these horrible, naughty children? Where have my loving daughters gone? Picking up my heart which dropped to the floor due to prior thoughts of ER visitation - I whisper to the 9 year old that this is a $10 fix (doll is on sale FYI).
The girls have been crashing by 7:30pm and waking at 3am and attending school. This incident occurred at 7:15pm. They were asleep in 15 minutes after consequences of removal of all scissors from the guilty party's reach and assurances that this was an easy fix.
Ellah (4 yrs old) is in her - "I will break all the rules knowingly and with impunity" phase which goes along with the "I will do what I like, when I like, so there!" phase. All consequences be damned - explaining the ramifications of her actions (hurt feelings, danger), timeouts, toy removal, spanking - nothing seems to break her resolve. If she wants to light a match to light a candle - she will do it. Was it explained to her that she can only light the candles with mommy or daddy? of course! So now scissors and matches have been put out of reach. She now after having been out of school for 3 weeks "hates school" - is it because school has RULES she must follow? The teachers assure me that she is wonderful at school - so lucky me - I get the rebel at home.
Advice?
Back in the Good Ole U.S. of A and in the midst of a marathon Latke (potato pancake) making session - Ellah comes in holding her lip and crying. Meanwhile I hear piercing, blood-curdling screaming from the girl's room. Lishai is sitting up in bed - crimson faced, shaking, shrieking - OMG! I think - broken limb, at the very least - a severed appendage - but no.
The hysterionics are due to the fact that her evil, vindictive 4 year old sister has chopped off the hair of her precious, hard-earned favorite Barbie (the one she chose after finishing an 800 page Harry Potter book). Meanwhile the same 4 year old is holding her lip after having a book thrown at her (not condoning the behavior - but it was a paperback Geronimo Stilton).
Who are these horrible, naughty children? Where have my loving daughters gone? Picking up my heart which dropped to the floor due to prior thoughts of ER visitation - I whisper to the 9 year old that this is a $10 fix (doll is on sale FYI).
The girls have been crashing by 7:30pm and waking at 3am and attending school. This incident occurred at 7:15pm. They were asleep in 15 minutes after consequences of removal of all scissors from the guilty party's reach and assurances that this was an easy fix.
Ellah (4 yrs old) is in her - "I will break all the rules knowingly and with impunity" phase which goes along with the "I will do what I like, when I like, so there!" phase. All consequences be damned - explaining the ramifications of her actions (hurt feelings, danger), timeouts, toy removal, spanking - nothing seems to break her resolve. If she wants to light a match to light a candle - she will do it. Was it explained to her that she can only light the candles with mommy or daddy? of course! So now scissors and matches have been put out of reach. She now after having been out of school for 3 weeks "hates school" - is it because school has RULES she must follow? The teachers assure me that she is wonderful at school - so lucky me - I get the rebel at home.
Advice?
Posted by acumomma at 12/3/2010 11:23 AM 
Categories: independence, feelings, Parenting, Parenthood, Motherhood, emotions, children, child
Categories: independence, feelings, Parenting, Parenthood, Motherhood, emotions, children, child
Ok, Lishai deserves revenge, it's quick, it's sweet, it's in the bible. Ellah can choose the kind of revenge. Either Lishai gets to destroy Ellah's loved thing of her choice, or Lishai gets to give Ellah a haircut worthy of a Barbie doll. Ellah won't do it again, Lishai will feel vindicated.
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