Conversations

Yesterday Jackson, Jacob and I went with my mom to the dentist. Grandma was getting a tooth extracted so she needed someone to drive her to the office and back.

The boys were troopers - it was a LONG appt and there were very few toys for them to play with (mental note to self - always pack the portable DVD player). Jackson got a little feisty towards the end and stopped listening so I got down to his level, cupped his little chin so he paid attention to me and said in my best mommy is in control voice "Jackson, mama said 'no', do we have to have a conversation about listening?". He shook his head no and that was the end of that.

However, the security guard was watching and I swear, she was ready to call CPS on my butt if I so much as moved a little blond hair on his head. Now I"m not a big spanker or anything (in fact, if Jackson said he wanted a "conversation" with me, I'm not really sure what I would do) but I'm fairly sure it'd be a lot less painful than if he fell down the stairs which I what I was telling him not to play near.

Sometimes I think that people are so quick to jump on the "don't punish your children" bandwagon that they forget that if we don't give them boundaries much worse things are likely to happen than a sore butt or a "conversation".