So, the question of today is - How do you get a four year old to listen without instilling fear?
Any suggestions? Anybody?
And don´t give me this super nanny shite! Nor beating or shouting down. I hope there is a way that will suit us all - our way - we did it ouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuur way! (Sid, not Frank).
Yes, all extremely coherent.
And I am wanting to pick out a day before Christmas to try for the last time to give up smoking. What have I tried? - therapy, acupuncture, will power, will power again, smoking two packs in one sitting and a bit more will power. Oh, and that bloody Allen Carr book - "90% success rate". Here's the deal, you read this book and if by the end of it you are still smoking they will refund you the price of the book. And I presume this is how they base their "success rate" - by amount of copies sold compared with number of refunds. I have the book, given to me as a present from my sister (bless her), I read it, did all it said and after putting it down I was lighting up after about four hours. Whether this says anything about the book or about my lack of will power is up for debate - but please, do you think I will trek all the way across town to the nearest Allen Carr clinic to pick up the ten pounds - or whatever it cost - refund? Will I heck! Or could I be bothered to post it off? (Does the refund include postage and packaging?). No, I have better things to do like cigarettes to smoke, lungs to bleed, shortage of breath to suffer and clothes to clean - and extra money to make!
But one favour I ask from the Allen Carr foundation - please don't include me in your 90% if indeed these results are based upon how I think they are. For how could they possibly know otherwise?
So, I am back at that square, yes, number one, as concerned with smoking. (And it seems, dealing with my kids)