5/09/2008 - 5:29 pm
From an actual conversation:
Child 1: “He hit me”
ME: “Why did he hit you?”
Child 1: “I don’t know.”
ME: “There’s no hitting. Why did you hit him?”
Child 2: “Because he stole my rubber band.”
Child 1: “It was MY rubber band.”
ME: “Aren’t there enough rubber bands to go around?
Child 1: “He has all of them.”
ME: “Give your brother some rubber bands.”
Child 2: “No.”
ME: “Why do you need so many rubber bands?”
Child 2: “For my lumber yard.”
ME: ??
ME: “Last chance.”
Child 2: “No.”
Child 1: “Waah! It’s not fair! He has all the rubber bands.”
ME: “That’s it. No playing with rubber bands for the rest of the day. Now don’t bother me about rubber bands again.”