Buttering me up
Aug 25th, 2005 by Accidental Thinker
We listen to Radio Disney in our car, a lot, by popular request. Except lately the requests sound a little too much like demands. I don’t like the attitude of entitlement, so I’ve stopped honoring the appeals to switch to Radio Disney unless they are put to me nicely.
This morning as we load into the car to head to the bus stop, out of the blue Maia tells me “Mommy, have a good day at work today.” Aw, I’m touched. She’s never told me to have a good day at work before. I thank her and enthusiastically tell her to have a good day at school, too. And I’m inwardly pleased at her generous spirit in thinking of others.
Then, very sweetly: “Now will you put it on Radio Disney, please?”
You get one guess what we listened to on the way to the bus stop. I’m putty in her hands. Hey, at least she asked nicely. She’s come a long way since her first hilarious attempt at manipulation at the tender age of two. No one has ever accused her of being slow.
Neat blog!
Kid just know how to play ya like a piano. Don’t they? Like the rubber
legs routines in the grocery store – because they think you’ll be to
embarrassed to address it.Sounds like you’ve got some great kids.PS/ My word verification is “fqdatdbt”. I use that phrase in traffic a lot. What a coincidence.
She’ll say whatever she needs to in order to get her way. Kids are
smart that way. It’s a good thing that we’re smarter… well, sometimes
we are.I’m
glad you let her listen to it after she was so nice to you. Even if she
was just “buttering you up,” it was still a nice thing for her to say.
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. (Not that you’re a fly or anything.) 🙂
When our great-grandson or any kid walks into our house, the T.V. is
switched to cartoons and stays there until they leave….they think
it’s swell we watch the same programs as they do at home….lol
Kids.. they learn young!