Talk to me & the short pants fiasco!
I think that success in parenting is hugely dependent on how much we learn from our mistakes – or something like that!
Today we had plans with my husband’s family and we had to meet them at a specific time. Now, somehow when it’s his family, my husband gets very edgy about everything (I guess I am the same way about my family too), anyways… my 4 year old refused to get dressed, he wanted to remain in his shorts, which was apparently completely unacceptable by his dad, who proceeded to yell at him. And then, like any rebellious 4 year old, he ADAMANTLY wanted to wear shorts and nothing else. Threats ensued – “you will be left at home!”, “change immediately!”, “we’re NOT kidding!”, bla bla bla, and 15 minutes later we left the house without him! (My sister stayed home to look after him)
Now, I wonder if we did the right thing, I really felt like we had to nip the ‘rebellious’ thing in the bud, but I know that we were really tense at that moment from already being late and perhaps we a bit to hard on him – he is only 4 after all!
How would you have handled it?
