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| Grrrr
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What do you think you are doing?
I don't like what you are doing.
Go annoy someone else! |
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| Delayed obedience is disobedience.
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Means what it
says. (MWITS) |
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| I don't care nearly so much about what
happened, as I care about what it tells me about your attitude. You tell
me what I should understand from what you did. |
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MWITS
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| I don't discipline actions, I discipline
attitudes.
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MWITS
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| If I didn't hear it, you didn't say it!
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Means make sure you have my attention before
you speak, especially when asking permission. |
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| If you didn't hear me, you obviously weren't
listening!
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Means I'm not buying your excuse. Laura says it
just means I'm mean. I am mean sometimes. |
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| If I don't remember it, it didn't happen.
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MWITS
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| I don't know how to respond to what you just
did. Help me decide an appropriate discipline that will really hurt enough
to make a difference.
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MWITS
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| That's the RULE!
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Means I'm kidding.
Means I don't want to give an explanation. |
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| Shhhh! I'm watching TV!
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MWITS |
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| Where's the remote?
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MWITS |
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| Obedience has three components:
1) A respectful answer so I know you heard me,
2) Immediately doing what you are told, and
3) Discussing it after you have obeyed, unless you have new information
to give me that really could affect what I've told you to do. Such as
"I'll loose my game if I don't find a saving point and save first.
May I save my game first?
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MWITS |
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| You can ask me anything, as long as your tone
is respectful, and as long as it isn't about something I just told
you to do.
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MWITS
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| Ladies and Jellybeans, hoboes and tramps,
cross-eyed mosquitoes and bowlegged aunts, I come before you to stand
behind you, to tell you something I know nothing about.
This Thursday, which is Good Friday, there will be a ladies aid meeting
for men only. Leave the children at home; there will be candy and cookies
for the kiddies. Admission is free, pay at the door; pull up a chair and
sit on the floor.
Now to continue with the rest of my story.
Early in the morning, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up
to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They drew their swords, and
shot each other. If you don't believe my story is true, just ask the blind
man. He saw it too.
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My kids have heard me tell this
"story" many times, so Audra insisted I include it on this page.
I think there are as many versions of this as there are people repeating
it. I first heard it from a good friend (now deceased), Dick Belsly.
My other favorite DickBelslyism is "You can lead a horse to water,
but you can't make him drink, but you can give him salt and make him
thirsty."
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