One of the most recent examples included playing basketball in the house. He loves to play basketball and spends large amounts of time each day shooting hoops. It's one of his favorite things at the moment. So a few days ago, he had been playing for an hour or so and then he was starting to get a little wild. When he had an off shot that hit some toys behind the hoop Natalie instructed him to put the basketball away, that he was done for a bit. He didn't care for that, but listened and went to his room and shut his door. He pouted for a bit, like 2-3 minutes, then he came out to the living room and said, "but mom, the problem is... I just don't really want to play basketball right now." Natalie say's O, ok, that's fine, let's just relax a bit. So he goes off and plays with something else quietly.
A little bit later he comes back, and says, "well, the problem is, that I would really like to play basketball for a little bit." lol
That instance was funny to us, since basketball is his favorite thing, and he was acting like he didn't want to play when he got in trouble. But he has many "problems" throughout the day that he happily shares with anyone around him. Most common are:
"The problem is... I just don't want to eat lunch right now..."
"The problem is... I just don't want to share my toys right now..."
"The problem is... I'm just not ready to go to bed yet..."
"The problem is... I'm not ready to feed the dogs right now..."
"The problem is... I just can't do that until I have a snack..."
Problems are usually taken care of quickly and easily. It's just one of those things that makes each kid so unique.
No comments:
Post a Comment