Comments on: On bribery and blackmail and being two… https://glendalarke.com/2007/04/on-bribery-and-blackmail-and-being-two/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:36:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2007/04/on-bribery-and-blackmail-and-being-two/#comment-23816 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:23:00 +0000 #comment-23816 Doesn’t he look cute?

But I sympathize with your daughter. I was at McDonald’s Centre Point (Kota Kinabalu) just last Sunday and the regular toy on offer was of dolls. I assumed my three-year-old would grab the boy doll but when I offered it to him, he loudly proclaimed,”NO!” and demanded for the girl doll. To my chagrin, I realized that I wasn’t as open-minded as I thought and hastily packed boy and girl doll off home.

I suppose most of us want to fit in with general society and avoid rocking any boats. Treading the minefields of society is already treacherous enough when you fit in. What more when you don’t.

]]> By: YTSL https://glendalarke.com/2007/04/on-bribery-and-blackmail-and-being-two/#comment-23815 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:39:00 +0000 #comment-23815 Bwahahahaha — and both the photos and the story remind me of my dear brother who, when he was around the same age as your grandson now is, used to love wearing our sister’s dresses and, in particular, a frilly blue polka-dotted skirt. And, of course, we have photos of him in those…

The last time we showed it to him, the now burly fellow who went on to play for his school rugby team at boarding school in England asked: “how could you all have allowed this?” Whereupon my mother tartly replied: “Why? You didn’t turn out too badly now, did you?” ;b

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2007/04/on-bribery-and-blackmail-and-being-two/#comment-23814 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:48:00 +0000 #comment-23814 it’s a lovely dress. The same reason as girls are attracted to dresses I should think, it looks nice. I think he has very good taste 😉

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2007/04/on-bribery-and-blackmail-and-being-two/#comment-23813 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:54:00 +0000 #comment-23813 How gorgeous! I wish we could ask him *why* he’s so attracted to the dress.

]]> By: Karen S. https://glendalarke.com/2007/04/on-bribery-and-blackmail-and-being-two/#comment-23812 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:15:00 +0000 #comment-23812 Instead of always going to the store for a new toy, try what worked for me. When I was researching potty training a common theme seemed to be praise and positive reinforcement. I came across a website called http://www.pottytrainingrewards.com. We hung it in the kitchen and named the little boy on the front of the package, Bobby. My son could not wait to go to the potty so he could push the button, hear the praising message, and get his chocolate reward from, Bobby. It really got my son excited about using the potty himself and it was fun for him. Because he became so involved, potty training was easy. So give it a try.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2007/04/on-bribery-and-blackmail-and-being-two/#comment-23811 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:55:00 +0000 #comment-23811 Hahaha…that’s precious…and yes, you’ll make a fortune in a 10-15 years. 😉

Sadly, most adults freak out and don’t understand that this kind of thing, to a small child, doesn’t mean what they think/hope/fear it does.

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