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   Yukoner said, 4 months ago

   But the pass ends with your first job.

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   Ushindi said, 4 months ago

   Take her to the dollar store.

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   Josh 1360 said, 4 months ago

   The little drama queen strikes again!

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   Kingoswald said, 4 months ago

   “Take her to the dollar store.”

   You’re kidding! Heart’s street-cred wouldn’t let her anywhere near the place!!!

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   myhaircut said, 4 months ago

   If your ‘no’ means ‘no,’ you don’t get dramatic meltdowns. I regularly take my boys to the toy store. We play with the toys while we’re there, and then we say goodbye to them when it’s time to go. If we’re buying something that day, we talk about it before we go in, and that’s what we buy. That way they don’t have any unrealistic expectations, and we don’t have any histrionics.

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   kfaatz925 said, 4 months ago

   Agreed, myhaircut: if Addy wonders why it happens every time, the answer is, “because it works.” ;) That said, sometimes “no” is hard to stick to!

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   The_JAM said, 4 months ago

   Hey, Mom, you should have tried the YMCA bit again.

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   reese828 said, 4 months ago

   Why go to a toy store if you aren’t going to get something? Heart is like any typical kid - that’s why this is one of my favorite strips.

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   caddy.1957 said, 4 months ago

   One of my nephews at 4 or 5 would pull outright tantrums if he didn’t get what he wanted…I don’t think he and his wife have kids yet…wonder why?

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    big G 3469 said, 4 months ago

    Heart does the old “little Drama Princess” routine & get’s the “Brat Bribe” (the “new” Karlie fashion doll”) to quiet her down. As a old saying goes “The squeaky wheel gets the grease”.

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    1stHoneygirl said, 4 months ago

    Dang Mark I swear you must be around a kid that is a lot like mine….that is scary.

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    Tigger said, 4 months ago

    Mom, learn to use the word, NO! it works everytime. If she gives you a hard time, just warm her bcakside in the store. And ban her from going on trips for a couple months. She will behave.

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    myhaircut said, 4 months ago

    Why go to a toy store if you aren’t going to get something?

    
    
    • because it’s fun to play with the toys they have set up as demonstration models, and it’s a good way to get ideas for what small children are going to want for birthdays/Christmas. My kids don’t watch TV shows with commercials, so they’re not told by the advertisers which toys they ‘want,’ and they’re not in school yet so they don’t have other kids telling them what’s ‘cool’.
    
    

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    mrprongs said, 4 months ago

    I get the feeling she swears that every trip.