As most of you know, my four year old son; appropriately called 'The Boss' needs a bit of refinement. Like most kids his age, he has not a filter. I would say most kids grow out of this, but with Mr. Boobie's influence, I'm not so sure.
Many moons ago, 'The Boss' was watching me blog and caught a peek of my FUF Guy:
No problem, right? It's not like the guy is sacrificing a goat or showing you his junk. In any event, The Boss began mimicking the above gesture. Quick to intervene, I thought up a master plan. Like any Mom would do, I told him it was inappropriate. Which further piqued his interest. (I told you he's advanced like that!) So I told him that he was doing it all wrong. I told him that this is how it's really done:
Guess what?! It worked. For months it worked. When the cashier gave him a snide face in the store, he'd simply throw up his pointer and feel achieved. If his brother wouldn't play Xbox with him, he'd flash the faux bird. Obviously, my parenting skills rock out.
Then tonight, out of nowhere-The Boss waved the correct bird proudly. Calmly, I explained to him he was doing it incorrectly. Then very rationally, he told me that he was going to start doing it the 'right way' so he won't get into trouble.
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He's going to be doing a lot of pointing at things for the next several years! I think I'd prefer "correcting" his finger usage, having to explain for the millionth time that only Mommy gets to say certain words. I try to be good...
lol. like mother like son
This is why you never lie to a child. It will come back to haunt you.
Ha! Well, I guess that's when you know he takes after you-smart and sassy! Lol
yeah. didn't work for me either when son was that age. soooooooo, on threat of chopping off his fingers....... LOL
happy, happy holidays sweetie!
Boss would be way too smart for me. Let us know how you handle this latest development.
lmbo been there done that 3 times and each child got quicker on the uptake with older ones to ahem help point out the certain things.
Our children are too smart! And gorgeous, the world just isn't ready!
My kids learned about the middle finger at school. I always told them that it was bad and never point at someone. Then my road rage took ahold of me and I flipped off another driver and my son yells out, "mommy! why did you hold out the bad finger??" ooops.
Haha, this is actually excellent! I'm a new follower and can't wait for more posts like this, great stuff.
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