When I returned home last night at about 8:15 I found my sons had done the shoveling. Most importantly, I hadn't prompted or reminded them to do it. I find that if you remind them too much they don't learn anything.
But there is more to the story. After heading out for a brief workout at the local YMCA, I returned home at around 10 p.m. to find that my oldest had forgotten to take out the garbage. Since he was already in bed, I had two options. Take out the garbage and be done with it. Don't take out the garbage and then make him come to the dump with me on Saturday and pay the charge out of his own pocket. What do you think I did? What do you think I should have done?
I liked all the suggestion made in the previous blog although I think removing their bedroom doors would be more of punishment for my wife and I.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
.jpg)
2 comments:
HI SON HOW ARE YOU DOING . YOU LOOK SO COMFORTABLE AND WARM . YOU KNOW THE THE GARBAGE IS STILL IN THE SAME PLACE AS WHEN I LEFT THIS MORNING TO GO TO WORK FOR THE LAST 12 HOURS . SO WHY DONT YOU GET UP PUT SOME CLOTHES ON MAYBEE HAT A PAIR OF GLOVES AND YOUR BOOTS AND TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT OUT NOW. BUT THATS ME I'M A HARD CASE
I would have let him sleep. It is possible that he forgot to take out the trash. Or, he could have been too tired from the shoveling.
I would ask him about it in the morning. If he seems sincere in his explanation, I would ask him to take it out in the morning before school. However, if he gives you a hard time, I would tell him that he is taking a field trip to the dump and will pay the cost.
Post a Comment