"Parents are not interested in justice, they are interested in peace and quiet." Bill Cosby
My daughter committed her first social offense today. She smacked a playmate when he tried to take a toy from her. I immediately held her hands, looked her in the eyes and told her what she had done was wrong (the good Super Nanny watching mom that I am) and she (the good manipulative toddler that she is) immediately turned on the waterworks and pouted out the lip. The other women in the playgroup were horrified that I was 'so harsh' with her, one of them actually said, "Just look at her sad face!". Am I a cold, heartless disciplinarian or are these chicks just a bunch of suckers?
Should I have ignored the behavior and just took the toy away all together? Oh Super Nanny, where art thou?
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