Though You're Justified
Imagine. After a long day at work you begin to unwind and then... Girl: "You can't do that!" Boy: "Yes I can! Shut up!" Cry in Unison: "Mama...!!!!" My 10 year old, who hates to be corrected, spewed firey directives and insults at his sister in a tone so loud and harsh that I clearly heard every word from my upstairs bedroom. In a matter of moments he broke the "No yelling" rule, the "No Saying Shut-up"rule and most important, the "don't get on mommy's nerves cuz you'll be in big trouble" rule. How does he find so many ways to test my patience? Once I successfully diffused the sibling scuffle, I learned that his sister was monitoring the amount of pizza he could heap onto his plate - this is quite reasonable considering she's 7 years his senior (and just as hungry). His defense for lashing out was that big sis was skimping on the servings (and he was comin gup short). He sincerely felt that his ...