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 ;-)
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