{"id":506,"date":"2007-07-25T07:29:37","date_gmt":"2007-07-24T23:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=506"},"modified":"2007-07-25T07:29:37","modified_gmt":"2007-07-24T23:29:37","slug":"disciplining-zara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=506","title":{"rendered":"Disciplining Zara"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m the ‘bad’ guy who disciplines Zara at home. I use scolding, occasional smacking and when she’s really naughty, I’ll be putting her in the naughty corner.<\/p>\n

There are times when I try to ‘discipline’ her and she ends up putting a smile on my face (although I try not to let her see that).<\/p>\n

We were walking to the park, and she was irritated with something and started whining. I yanked her hand and stopped, stood still and looked at her. She took\u00a0a glance\u00a0at me, smiled and said, “Haha, I’m so grouchy..”<\/span> Immediately, she stopped the annoying behaviour and walked\u00a0on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She was touching the ‘untouchables’ in MIL’s place (glass deco items),\u00a0 she refused to listen when we told her several times not to touch them, and eventually broke a piece of the glass wear. I told her, “Maybe I should put you in the naughty corner!”<\/span>
\nShe gestured to the living room corner which was\u00a0filled with deco items\u00a0and said, “No, the naughty corner got too many things, I cannot go” <\/span>o.O”<\/p>\n

And there was this time, she was crying for no reason for a long 15mins, so I sent her to the naughty corner. Daddy came to the rescue after a moment, and told her she could come out of it. With tears, she replied, “Cannot! Mummy put me here one!”<\/span> and then looked at me arms stretched out, “Mummy, I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”<\/span>
\nTo her, since I’m the one who placed her there, I have to be the one who forgive her.<\/p>\n

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There are times, when I see myself in her.<\/p>\n

I’d heard her said this to the maids often with a very serious face, when she disapproved of their smiling.
\n“It’s not funny!! It’s not funny you know! You don’t laugh!”<\/span><\/p>\n

And she’s ‘scolded’ Zaria for crying, “Mei Mei, you don’t cry! You stop crying! Mummy is working you know. You don’t disturb Mummy.”<\/span><\/p>\n

I’d heard her said this to her Mr Blue<\/a>, “Look at me! You go shopping you must hold hands yeah?! You don’t hold hands after you get lost! Then you have no more mummy!”<\/span><\/p>\n

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And recently, she started talking back.
\nI had been ‘scolding’ her the whole day since she was whiny and cried for the smallest reasons. At night, when I was brushing her teeth and snapped at her again, she told me, “Mummy, you are like a wicked witch la. You always scold me la.”<\/span>
\nI didn’t know if I should laugh of be angry with that statement, so I remained straight face and told her, “Mummy scold you sure got reason, ok? Mummy don’t simply scold you.”<\/span>
\nEnd of conversation, for now.<\/p>\n

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