Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for February 24, 2011
February 23, 2011
February 25, 2011
Transcript:
Wally: I took away Max's rubber band gun and now he HATES ME. Joan: It's hard to be the disciplinarian. Wally: He won't even LOOK at me. Joan: He'll get OVER it. Wally: Maybe if I bribed him with ice cream... Joan: WALLY! MAN UP!
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DerkinsVanPelt218 over 13 years ago
It’s hard, but you have to be firm with your punishments to make your kids know you mean business.
FourkidsThreeHorsesThreeDogsTwoCats over 13 years ago
At my house, it is my husband who is the soft touch. The kids have a BAD habit of going behind my back to ask Daddy if they can have or do something they know quite well I won’t allow! I get SO tired of playing the heavy all the time!
monkeyhead over 13 years ago
Kristen…hon you and the hubby have to form a united front NOW…sit the man down tonight and tell him this. Your kids will be better off for it!
arsmall over 13 years ago
^ITA or you are going to have all kinds of hell in that house in the very near future!
Wally’s the stepdad so he does NOT want to be the bad guy.
kab2rb over 13 years ago
Wally stand firm. I’ve had that talk with my hubby. Trouble is he tried to act like the grandfather type I have told him this. Luckly those days are over. He is retired, the kids are adults, and there are no jobs here. And I here that adult kids have returned to nest. No jobs can’t pay rent.
I can say this here since lots of states are going through this problem. I work part time with the county and one section for DOC has to layoff. So if someone leave their postion not filling. If not enough to keep one busy they transfer around.
Plods with ...™ over 13 years ago
Yeah Wally. Grow a pair.
lightenup Premium Member over 13 years ago
I hate that phrase because this situation could apply to both men and women. He needs to actually grow up and act responsibly, like a parent should (and too many don’t). ’
He’s the one who created the rubber band gun and gave it to Max, so he’s most likely a kid at heart. This is good in many situations, but sometimes he needs to be the parent and not the buddy.
vzs1022 over 13 years ago
“No one knows what it’s like to be hated”
junco49 over 13 years ago
Derkins: I fail to understand how taking the “gun” away is a punishment. Perhaps this is a new definition of punishment that escapes me. Explain.
chriscc63 over 13 years ago
O MAN, IS THIS HOW I LOOK WHEN THIS HAPPENS TO ME AND MY STEP SON?!!!!
chriscc63 over 13 years ago
DIRKINS HAS NO IDEAN WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. IT WAS NOT TKEN AWAY AS PUNISHMEANT, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS INAPROPRIATELY GIVEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.