Boy just had me sit down on the couch to think about what I'd done. "No, don't get up. You have to stay right there when I leave. Just sit down and think about what you've done."
I protest - "But I don't know what I've done, what are you talking about. Why are we doing this?"
"You just know mummy, so just think about it. And then go hmmmmm*."
He returns. "Now, what did you do?"
I still don't know.
"Hmmmmm. I'm going back over there to think about what you did. Hmmmmm."
I must admit, being on the receiving end has left me a bit perplexed about this discipline technique! I asked Boy to explain it to me - how can I think about what I did if he won't tell me what it's about?
"Well, mummy, that's just what thinking is all about."
* I have the strangest feeling that his school teacher hmmms a lot....
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