Background: This little friend yelled, "HUSH, GIRL! HUSH!" in B's face and then wouldn't play with her for the rest of the day. After many tears and much heartbreak, her sister came up with this list of rules:
First Rule Number One: Be nice to each other.
Second Rule: Do not hurt one uh-other.
Round Three: Be good and be nice and not hurt each other.
Round Seve-...Round One...Round Four: Be careful to each udders and others.
Round Five: Do not hurt anybody.
Round Six: Do NOOOOT eben put...Do not hurt anybody or others. Be kind to others.
Round Seven: Do NOT DO NOT hurt anybody.
Round Seven...Round Eight: You have to be kind.
Round Nine: Say "Look over there! There's a butterfly!" and run away.
Round Seven...Round Ten: Run away if they are not nice.
Yes: these are quoted. No: she's not drunk. No: she didn't learn these from me. Well, maybe the distract-her-with-a-butterfly idea... Yes: it appears her favorite number is seven. Because she IS seven.
Such a nice list of suggestions...Much nicer than mine. I taught B how to say, "Callate!" (cai-yet-te) since this friend speaks Spanish. That way, she won't get in trouble for actually saying "Shut up!" which is a "bad word"...but only in English.
My parenting advice book is due to be published next year. LOOK! A giant butterfly!!
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