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MamaBecky's picture

Oh no....I had to inform SD5 that due to the fact that there is SNOW on the ground that yes....you can not go barefoot and wear flip flops...you have to wear socks and shoes. She had a meltdown. A complete, flippin FIT! After trying to calm her and speak to her rationally and her acting like it is the dawn of Armageddon I told her I was going to close her bedroom door and that she could come out when she had a grip of herself and could behave appropriately...with socks on! I shut the door. I was out of the hallway for maybe 1 full minute when daddy ran to her room and rushed in. I can hear him in there coo'in and whoo'in her right now. GRRR! We might as well just all sing together...."MamaBecky is a mean ole witch, mean ole witch, mean ole witch....."

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Rags's picture

Beck,

You missed the perfect teaching moment. You should have let her go outside and play in the snow barefooted. In five minutes she would have been in so much pain from cold feet that she would have been happy to listen.

MamaBecky's picture

Yeah for some reason in the moment of confrontation I dont get these great ideas....it would never occur to me to just let her go and learn from freezing......I always get frustrated and just want to get away from her as fast as possible. Next time maybe....thanks to DH I'm sure there will be a next time.

MamaBecky's picture

Yes I tell him. He agrees with me, nods his head, says "I know, I know" and then tries for 1.5 days....and then goes back to his usual behavior. Pretty typical I think but certainly not any less annoying! I dont know if he will ever realize that SD5 is not a baby and that she is actually manipulating him. She does the same thing to her BM so she plays the game well I'll give her that!

emilymarie's picture

Wow! Sounds familiar except my SD is 9 not 5 and daddy comes to the rescue when mean ol Emily strikes! Do you think our DH ever stop and think that maybe, just maybe we are doing what's best for their children and aren't so mean after all!?!?! Gotta love it when they undermine you...

stepsonhatesme's picture

Sounds like my BD she is 14 I told her to pit socks an sneakers on but she won't
..so I let her go out an freeze but when she complains. I walk away an wont listen. ..she now wears her sneakers...lol

stepsonhatesme's picture

Sounds like my BD she is 14 I told her to pit socks an sneakers on but she won't
..so I let her go out an freeze but when she complains. I walk away an wont listen. ..she now wears her sneakers...lol