Seems the child got in trouble today for responding to a moralistic 'two negatives don't make a positive' with a mathematical refutation.
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Because its no good telling a kid not to respond to negative behaviour with negative consequences if you do that yourself.
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Instead you could help them think about when this is helpful & when it isn't, when they can handle it themselves & when they can't.
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I remember being a very indignant child. V argumentative. I must have been a complete pain in the arse. Got told 'just do as ur told' a lot
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It makes me very anxious not to be an unfair or unreasonable parent tho & not to ban anything without very good reason.
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I think this is good coz my daughter also gets outraged at what she sees as unfairness. I have no idea whether this is nature or nurture.
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But I'm not a particularly permissive parent. I have very little tolerance for behaviour that is unpleasant for others.
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I've no idea if I'm doing this parenting thing right. I try to imagine what Lucy will say to her friends about me when she's an adult.
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Coz my friends & I have dissected our own parents' parenting with a fine tooth comb & this is common. I want to know what my report will be
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