Out of the mouth of babes...there is truth. It may not be what's desired, but it is honest.
Why can't my kids just be friends? I must ask myself this question hundreds of times during the week.
I thought that having kids relatively close together was going to be great. They'd have a playmate and an automatic friend. However, the truth is that - most of the time - they don't get along. It's not that they're enemies...it's that they drive each other crazy.
They each want the other one to do what they want to do. Then, when the other one does what they want, they get mad at them because they wanted to do it themselves.
They don't want to share their toys. Then, they play together only to then get mad and purposefully break the other sibling's toys.
They want to get the other one in trouble so that they look like the "good" child and get more rewards. Then they get upset that the other sibling got them in trouble when they *tattled* on them.
At mealtimes, they want to sit where the other one is sitting. They want the cup the ot…
I thought that having kids relatively close together was going to be great. They'd have a playmate and an automatic friend. However, the truth is that - most of the time - they don't get along. It's not that they're enemies...it's that they drive each other crazy.
They each want the other one to do what they want to do. Then, when the other one does what they want, they get mad at them because they wanted to do it themselves.
They don't want to share their toys. Then, they play together only to then get mad and purposefully break the other sibling's toys.
They want to get the other one in trouble so that they look like the "good" child and get more rewards. Then they get upset that the other sibling got them in trouble when they *tattled* on them.
At mealtimes, they want to sit where the other one is sitting. They want the cup the ot…
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