No, really, how do they survive? I teach and can work with a classroom full of ninth graders for ninety minutes at a time. So, how is it that one small, two-year-old boy can stir up crazy feelings in my world? In a word, it must be the "no"... as in "no, Mommy". Also heard in "no, Daddy", "no, Kip, "no, Maggie, no, Maggie, no." (In his defense, Maggie does say a lot more than others so more "no"s are required.) The word "no" is usually accompanied by a small hand being held up in a "stop" position to emphasize Cole's own position on the subject. We are starting to hear so many "no"s, in fact, that when he said "no, mommy" to his daddy this morning, his daddy replied "I am not your daddy, I am your mommy." Cole, though sleepy, found that to be hilarious!
It's time to find that issue of Growing Child - months ago I saw an article devoted to toddlers and the use of the word "no." In the meantime, I will try not to take his tiny words personally and will continue to remind him he is not the boss of me. Or, is he?
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I find it interesting that "no" is usually one of the first words a child learns to speak, and then we spend so much time in their little lives telling them not to say it. And as adults we wonder why we find it so hard to say "no" sometimes.
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