The plan today - my only free day this week with the family - was to go to the semi-local lake that has a man-made beach, so we could go swimming and have some nice R&R time. Notice I said, "plan".
However, my child has decided to have hissy fits galore today. She has problems with wasting food, and her dad and I are just fed up with it. She made two waffles for breakfast. Not a problem, right? The problem starts when I tell her, "if you're taking two waffles, make sure you eat them all. Otherwise, just take one." Does she eat both of them? No. She eats about half of what she took.
Ok. Fine. Now it's lunch time. My dearest child, you will not waste more food today, so I've saved the rest of the waffles for you to eat at lunch. I reheat them. She eats about 2 bites. "I'm full" she says. Ugh, here we go again. She barely ate ANYTHING today. I told her, she must finish the 4 remaining bites, then we can go out to the lake to go swimming. Does she eat them? No. She decides to continue her hissy fit, and has now been grounded for the day.
Thanks for ruining what would have been a rather nice day out swimming today, oh child of mine!
However, my child has decided to have hissy fits galore today. She has problems with wasting food, and her dad and I are just fed up with it. She made two waffles for breakfast. Not a problem, right? The problem starts when I tell her, "if you're taking two waffles, make sure you eat them all. Otherwise, just take one." Does she eat both of them? No. She eats about half of what she took.
Ok. Fine. Now it's lunch time. My dearest child, you will not waste more food today, so I've saved the rest of the waffles for you to eat at lunch. I reheat them. She eats about 2 bites. "I'm full" she says. Ugh, here we go again. She barely ate ANYTHING today. I told her, she must finish the 4 remaining bites, then we can go out to the lake to go swimming. Does she eat them? No. She decides to continue her hissy fit, and has now been grounded for the day.
Thanks for ruining what would have been a rather nice day out swimming today, oh child of mine!
Sigh.