You know how little kids likes to ask you questions? Even though you have just told them the answer a few minutes before?
For example -
Mum: No chocolates today, okay? If not, you won't get well and won't be able to go out to play.
No response from kid but it seems like he understood until...
Kid: Mummy, can I have chocolates?
Mum: No, because....(explains again)...I told you just now!
Kid: No, you didn't!
Mum: Okay, now you know. No chocolates, okay?
Kid: Can I have chocolates?
The cycle continues until either the kid burst out crying or the mum loses her temper.
You know, when kids do that, they can be cute albeit a little irritating. And you can understand why the kid is doing it. His reasoning skills is still not that developed (can't see link between chocolate and getting well) and so he kept asking.
But, imagine how frustrated the mum must have felt.
I felt like the mum today.
For example -
Mum: No chocolates today, okay? If not, you won't get well and won't be able to go out to play.
No response from kid but it seems like he understood until...
Kid: Mummy, can I have chocolates?
Mum: No, because....(explains again)...I told you just now!
Kid: No, you didn't!
Mum: Okay, now you know. No chocolates, okay?
Kid: Can I have chocolates?
The cycle continues until either the kid burst out crying or the mum loses her temper.
You know, when kids do that, they can be cute albeit a little irritating. And you can understand why the kid is doing it. His reasoning skills is still not that developed (can't see link between chocolate and getting well) and so he kept asking.
But, imagine how frustrated the mum must have felt.
I felt like the mum today.
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