Saturday, February 09, 2008

for one second

Dylan,

You were playing in the hallway with your froggy bank, occasionally throwing it or banging it on the wall. I gave you a warning that if you were not nice to Froggy he would go away.

You took him into your room and I could hear you saying "You get a timeout for one second. Because I hit you."

I was pleased to hear you explain to Froggy why he was being punished. I think it means we've set your expectations as such.


Dad

2 comments:

Todd said...

I wish Dylan would come teach my class how to take a time out!

-Uncle Todd

steeplebob said...

He's been modeling other parenting behaviors lately, too. He puts his stuffed bears down for a nap, complete with pillow, blanket, and patting them on the bottom.

It was frustrating but cute when I checked on him after trying to put him down for a nap only to find him passing the effort along to his bear. It had a real hierarchical element to it.