ha, the dessert question is the first time i can recall Haxy saying OFFS!
Posted by
slipping jimmy (aka chris)
Jun 19 '15, 11:02
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A: Carolyn Hax
Oh ff*s.
I'm all for making sure the keepers are running the zoo, but a refusal on principle to bend At All to the forces of utter obviousness spells a long next decade for all of you.
If it helps you to make the case for leaving the cookie in the stinkin' jar for an extra five minutes, please say that, okay, a 2-year-old shouldn't dictate his eating habits, but good manners certainly should, and it's bad manners for him to hop to dessert while his fellow diners are still working on their entrees.
Breaking the dessert-after-every-meal routine will be something you're deeply grateful for later, by the way, so flag that as something eventually worth your attention, but one battle at a time.
Unless this is his one area of rigid weirdness, I also suggest you start the process of finding a good parenting class and/or good family therapist to have in your quiver for when tougher problems come along.
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