长江七号。。。怎么变成 。。。

My kid was really attracted to this little character from Stephen Chow's movie "长江七号". So my wife got this little one for him, and he was overjoyed.
Cute right?

Then he went around to tell others that he has this "长焦鸡号" ... oops ... wrong pronunciation.

My kid's comment on Parental discipline

I was putting the kids to bed and chat with them how they feel about discipline from daddy and mummy, like spanking, no TV and other forms of restrain from gratification, and I took the time to explain why we were disciplining them for their good.

The kids obviously did not like the taste of discipline as it was pretty painful when they were terribly naughty.

Nevertheless, I was surprised by my eldest one who concluded her thoughts with this comment: "Dad, please do not stop disciplining us".

I believe all loving parents would want to discipline their kids for their own good, and I believe some how the kids would understand the goodness from discipline as they progress in life.

I am still a BABY!

A little one had just turned three y.o. and she had messed up the kitchen floor with all the fridge magnets. So this was the correspondence between the mum and the little one:

Mum:"Look what you have done! Now put all the magnets back on the fridge door!"

Little one:"I am still a BABY, I don't know how to do it. Please help me to do it!"

Mum:"You are not a BABY any more, your little cousins are babies but you are not like them any more!"

Little one, crying out loud:"I AM STILL A BABY!!"

So, the mum literally ignored her disobedience, went away and left her alone in the kitchen. When the mum returned, she was surprised to see that all the magnets were back on the fridge door.

I guess sometimes, we may just have to put our our point across to the child and leave the kid to think over our instruction instead of picking the rod to discipline immediately.

By the way, I swear the daddy was not the one who helped the little one out ;-)