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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,5:06 am Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
We have a new park by the house and Maynard took off down the ajoining river with some other kids while I was daydreaming.

I yelled for him to come back to the park.

He asked "why?"
My answer was: " Because I said so."

Is that as good a reason as any when dealing with the kids?

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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,5:53 am Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
No, he's a smart kid, give him a reason, put it in his terms so it makes sense. he will be more willing to remember why.


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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,5:58 am Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I think it's a good tool for est. authority with kids that are challenging authority or just flat out disrespectful. I think it's one thing to give a brief reason why, out of consideration and another to have to explain yourself to the point of defending your position with a child. I think bantering back and forth with kids happens too much in our society today.

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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,6:08 am Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I don't believe they need an explanation for everything, but I try to give one most of the time.  You always have a reason for your actions, why not tell them (unless they are teenagers and argumentative)?  He's too young to go to the park without an adult.  He's old enough to understand that.  

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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,4:07 pm Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
My 16-yr old is ready for a career in sales.  He keeps up the "question pressure" until he gets his way.... :beat  :banghead  :angry

Why & Why not....But Mom said....All my friends get to....I bet you got to at my age....
JUST GRINS YA DOWN.... :rolleyes

He's also suffers from Teen-Age SHS....selective hearing syndrome.... :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,4:14 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Because I said so works for me up to a certain age. Real young ones won't really understand our rational so any explanation is kinda useless.
Another tactic I have used is real simple. Just say " I need to be able to see you".......then locate yourself accordingly.
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don't ya love it Shueman? dang kids are smarter than us sometimes :laugh .........you mean you didn't know they know more than us? :stupid

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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,4:25 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
My six year old remembers, and if you don't keep your story straight he remindes you of it :stupid

He's respectful but he lets you know you changed your tune. :rolleyes  :rolleyes

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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,4:28 pm Post # 8 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Always remember the golden rule...."He Who Has The Gold, Makes The Rules".......

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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,4:33 pm Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I just tell my son that I brought him in this world and I will be the person to take himout.......so there you have it.  
So far it seems to be working for me.  :beat
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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 27 2006,7:48 pm Post # 10 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Ziggy @ Mar. 27 2006,4:14 pm)
.....dang kids are smarter than us sometimes :laugh ......

Gawd, I hope so Zig..... :cool  'cause I'm dummer 'n' dirt... :beat
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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 28 2006,4:34 am Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well, "Because I said so" is where it's at with me and my kids.  They don't ask me for an explanation nor do they try to change my mind...because they know they won't.

Now the Mrs on the other hand, she will give the kids an answer to something and if it's not what they want to hear, they will just keep begging and asking why/why not until she gives in (Which she usually does).

For some reason the kids don't come to me anymore when they want something :D  :rotflmao  :rotflmao



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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 28 2006,6:03 am Post # 12 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Ziggy @ Mar. 27 2006,5:14 pm)
Because I said so works for me up to a certain age. Real young ones won't really understand our rational so any explanation is kinda useless.
Another tactic I have used is real simple. Just say " I need to be able to see you".......then locate yourself accordingly.
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don't ya love it Shueman? dang kids are smarter than us sometimes :laugh .........you mean you didn't know they know more than us? :stupid

That was always our rule until she got old enough to understand, then we'd explain but if we got a rash of shit about it, then it was back to "because I said so", only a little bit harsher, and it worked!.. :laugh  

Don't ya just love it when they get to that "I know it all" age!.. :D  :laugh
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Quote (BigBoyToys @ Mar. 28 2006,4:34 am)
Well, "Because I said so" is where it's at with me and my kids.  They don't ask me for an explanation nor do they try to change my mind...because they know they won't.

Now the Mrs on the other hand, she will give the kids an answer to something and if it's not what they want to hear, they will just keep begging and asking why/why not until she gives in (Which she usually does).

For some reason the kids don't come to me anymore when they want something :D  :rotflmao  :rotflmao

I'll usually give a brief explaination and then I am done. Strangely enough my situation is just like yours  :D
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Post Icon Posted: Mar. 28 2006,7:37 am Post # 14 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (Tuchop @ Mar. 28 2006,7:22 am)
Quote (BigBoyToys @ Mar. 28 2006,4:34 am)
Well, "Because I said so" is where it's at with me and my kids.  They don't ask me for an explanation nor do they try to change my mind...because they know they won't.

Now the Mrs on the other hand, she will give the kids an answer to something and if it's not what they want to hear, they will just keep begging and asking why/why not until she gives in (Which she usually does).

For some reason the kids don't come to me anymore when they want something :D  :rotflmao  :rotflmao

I'll usually give a brief explaination and then I am done. Strangely enough my situation is just like yours  :D

Seems to be an ongoing theme here. Thats the way things are around our house as well....

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Glad I don't have to worry about that anymore, now it's her turn!.. :D  :good  :laugh  :laugh
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Quote (GoFastRacer @ Mar. 29 2006,5:12 am)
Glad I don't have to worry about that anymore, now it's her turn!.. :D  :good  :laugh  :laugh

:rotflmao  :rotflmao  :rotflmao

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Quote (GoFastRacer @ Mar. 29 2006,5:12 am)
Glad I don't have to worry about that anymore, now it's her turn!.. :D  :good  :laugh  :laugh

:D  :rotflmao  :good



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:good  :good

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