Pet Peeve #1
Ok…so I’m opinionated. If not, I wouldn’t be writing a blog. And I am quick to notice things, especially when they get on my nerve. So every once and a while I’ll throw in one of my pet peeves. Something will set me off, and I will write.
So here’s my first. Tonight, in the Target, my wife and I are looking at the HUGE selection of Jelly Bellies…which are amazing, by the way, and it happened.
“This one is exactly $3.50″ a young boy of about 8 said. It actually made us chuckle because it sounded so cute.
“This one is exactly $3.50″, ok, still a little cute.
“this one is exactly $3.50″
“this one is exactly $3.50″
“Mom, this one is exactly $3.50.” Well, at least he changed it up. And mom was standing right against him.
“This one is exactly $3.50″ Okay, at this point I have to tell you that my 7 year old does the same thing. He will repeat until someone recognizes him verbally. I try to do this early and remind him that we don’t always have to verbally acknowledge every comment he makes. His mother never really understood the meaning of “rhetorical”…even when she made the comment that was rhetorical in nature. So, he comes by it genetically.
“This one is exactly $3.50″ by this time we are leaving the area. The mom had no phone, could her daughter fine, just didn’t seem to tune into her son at all.
So, two fold gripe.
1) Don’t ignore your child.
2) Teach them that just because you don’t respond the first or second time doesn’t mean you didn’t hear them…and don’t ignore you child.
This is almost a two edged sword, I realize, but they really do go hand in hand.
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