Oct. 21, 2006
Grounding
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Hey Everyone~
This is "Big Mama", the warden here at our Correctional Facility... where our purpose is to train children with loving discipline. Their behavior today earned our charges a long term "grounding". They have been separated and placed within the safe confines of their bedrooms until their dad gets home this afternoon from his Men's Conference around 3pm.
We were *supposed* to have a Family Fun Day- the kids and I, but it has turned out to be a "stay at home and not have fun day". :( They woke me (and the baby) up bright and early with their arguing and fighting. They have recently started shoving and smacking each other. A BIG No-No here. We must put a stop to this.
The plan was to take a walk to McDonald's this am and have a special breakfast and let them play in the playplace... but they chose to fight with one another this morning, and I cannot reward bad behavior.
Instead, I"ve parked myself, the baby, her Boppy, and my ice water and snacks on the Big Daddy chair and have been reading off and on all day. This has actually been rather nice for Miss E and me! Not so much for the older two as they have discovered that 3 hours in their rooms alone is not so much fun. It is amusing that what would be play time under other circumstances, is suddenly punishment! (They are welcome to read, play with their toys or whatever else they want to do, they just cannot play together nor come out except for meals and potty breaks.) They are downright miserable.
Anyway, I am heading back to my chair! LOL This may prove to be a really good card to have in my hand- I think that the consequence of being grounded is possibly going to make them think twice the next time they decide to pester one another. We'll see!
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