I had a good laugh reading this last night, imagining Isabelle putting the below 13 'taboos' into action. I had to share this!!
"I'm supposed to feel guilty. Ever since the kid hit kindergarten, I've been
hitting one discipline technique hard. When she starts up with
some not very appropriate for public actions, I remind her she'd best stop ...
or the other kids won't like her.
You call it shaming. I call it
socialization. To-may-to. To-mah-to. And guess what? It works.
Because telling your kid that they should stop eating their boogers because a
giant booger factory will grow in their stomach just makes them sample more snot
to see if it's the truth. Telling them that the other kids will find them kind
of gross, on the other hand, is both the God's honest truth (remember that kid?
The one you all called Picky Picky?) and effective.
Come on in, take a gander at the disgusting things I'm drumming out of my
kindergartner one "ewww, gross, think of the CHILDREN" at a time, in the hopes
that one day I may actually be able to marry her off (or at least send her to
college without her blanket):
Picking Her Nose in Public. If you can't use a tissue, and
let's face it, there are those little hard suckers that just never want to come
out, there's a room down the hall for digging. Please use it.
Picking Her Nose and Eating It. So it may taste better than
broccoli. That doesn't mean I want to see you sample the merchandise.
Pick Her Nose and Wipe It on Things. Noticing a theme here,
are you? Yes, we are at the 5 1/2-year-old stage, when the hands are NEVER too
busy to inch upward toward the schnoz.
Butt Scratching. Yes, it itches. No, people don't want to
think about why.
Screaming From the Bathroom to "Come Look." So my daughter
will one day Google herself and find this gem? Good, because the horror on her
face will probably come pretty close to that on mine when I come running,
thinking my little darling has fallen off a stool and put her nose through her
skull or something similarly catastrophic ... only to be presented with a
smiling face, the smell of something that died a week ago and has sat in her
bowels ever since, and her pointing into the toilet. No, dear, just no.
Eating Sand, Grass, and Dried Up Raisins From Inside the Booster
Seat. When I said I wanted a kid with an adventurous
palate, I was thinking shellfish. I was not thinking that kid who everyone
points to on the playground when a slug is procured from the monkey bars. The
clear indication being, of course, that said person at the end of the
finger-points will be willing to have a taste to see if it kills kids. Oh no,
not my kid.
Stripping. It was OK two years ago, and
truth be told there is a butt nekkid picture framed in our living room. That's
art. Walking around the park at this age without your panties is just asking for
sand in uncomfortable places.
Announcing Her Poots. MUCH better to blame it on someone
else (Daddy? The dog?).
Bathroom Talk. I know, for a certain age
group, this IS how to converse. We can't kill the art. But when you ask a
teacher if they'd prefer to eat diarrhea or drink their own pee, they start
making little marks in your permanent record. Let's just finesse that one out of
the convo. Thank you!
Entering the Bathroom Without Knocking. Yes, it's lonely out
there for the whole 3 minutes it takes someone to pee and wash their hands. Go
chase the cat. Crayon on the walls. Play in traffic. SOMETHING.
Wedgie Picking. Like digging for gold, something that has to
be done, but can be done even better in the bathroom!
Chewing With an Open Mouth. What's the image you want people
to have in mind at your 20th reunion? A nice, smart kid from school or the one
who masticated bovine muscles LOUDLY in front of you on hamburger day? If you
must eat cows, please don't act like one kids.
Wet Willies. Funny thing, I haven't found ANYONE who enjoys
the feeling of a damp finger in the ear. If you know anyone, send them over,
she's rather talented at it.
With all these warnings, calls from the school have thus far been limited to
"your kid was marked absent today" and "Mrs. Sager, thank you for bringing the
fruit plate to the class party." I'm thinking as long as we keep reminding her
that she'll be a social pariah if she doesn't quit it, I can keep that tone
going.
What are the most disgusting things your kids do in public?"
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Have a happy Friday and weekend everyone!!
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