I just wanted to share a conversation I had
with my five- year old son. We were discussing how powerful the
ideas in his head are. They were continually getting him in
trouble at home and sometimes at school. My husband and I were
becoming increasingly more frustrated at having to compete with
our son's own agenda.
I told my son it is wonderful he has such
good and powerful ideas. Maybe someday he could be a boss or a
president of a big company, but for now he has to be a little
boy who listens to Mommy and Daddy's rules.
He responded, "I don't want to be a
boss or a president."
"What would you like to be when you grow
up?" I asked. His answer: "King!"
I told my husband, "He doesn't need
to see a doctor, but maybe we do."
How do you parent a pint
-sized-wannabe-king?
Julie St.Marseille
Greater Sudbury