Thursday, June 25, 2009

Negotiation

This morning while I was standing on a chair cleaning the ceiling fan:

LOGAN: I want to do that!

ME: No, this is something only mommies can do.

LOGAN: No, it isn't.

ME: Yes, it is.

LOGAN: (snotty tone) No, it ISN'T!

WILL: Logan, you need to stop that. That's called back-talk.

LOGAN: No, it isn't.

WILL: Yes, it is. We don't like back-talk. And when you do things Mommy and Daddy don't like, they're less inclined to give you what you want.

LOGAN: ......

ME: Did you hear that, Logan? When you do things we don't like, then you don't get what you want. Do you understand?

LOGAN: Can I have a piece of chocolate?

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