Earlier this year, while I was out of town, my husband had an interesting teaching moment with Cooper that was, well, interesting to say the least. They were visiting family, and Cooper, being a typical 2 year old, decided it would be funny to hold his foot over our newborn neice and pretend he was stepping on her! Horrifying! (I'm so glad I wasn't there) Well, Daddy thought it would be a good moment to talk to Cooper about the "Golden Rule" and treating others the way we want to be treated. I'm sure the conversation went something like this:
Daddy: "Son, it isn't nice to step on babies. Would you like it if someone stepped on you?"
Cooper: "No, but I was just pretending."
Daddy: "I know, Son, but there is a special rule that says 'Don't do anything to other people that you don't want them to do to you.' Do you understand?"
Cooper: "Yeah, like don't step on babies."
Daddy: "Yes, just like don't step on babies."
Well, that was a wonderful teaching moment, except we learned that you have to be very careful with the words you use when trying to teach a 2 year old. The other day Cooper did something particularly naughty to another child and I pulled him aside to remind him of the golden rule. I asked him if he remembered the Special Rule Daddy taught him. His reply?....
"Don't Step on Babies."
So the golden rule in our house is "Don't step on babies.....or do anything else that you wouldn't want done to you." I wonder if I could get a sign made of that!
And because a post is toast without any images, here you go. Our boy that doesn't step on babies.
Was it Sadie he tried to step on? I never even heard about that. That's great that he remembered his "golden rule".
I love that shot of him. I was thinking about similiar outfits (jeans and ties) for my boys for our next photo shoot.
Posted by: Michelle | October 15, 2009 at 07:19 PM