Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Appreciate what you have!!

Earlier this evening Kameron came down the stairs with two pairs of ear buds all tangled up and he proceeded to ask me if i could fix it which I've done many times before if Kennedy or Keeghan ever get a hold of them. So I asked him how did this happen and he shrugged his shoulders and said: "um.... I don't know" so again I asked him tell me how these headphones got tangled? and he just couldn't better yet wouldn't give me and answer, so I called Kassidy downstairs to get some answers and she said that Kameron was swinging them around like some sort of rope and they got all tangled. I asked Kassidy why were they both playing with these head phones like they were some sort of toy when they're obviously not and of course I got the answer that she thought I wanted to hear, I said to her do you think if you break them that we will just go out and buy you more and she hesitated at first and shook her head in agreement (I was a little shocked by her honesty but I'm glad she was honest about it!). Needless to say both Kass and Kam have lost their iPods and headphones for a while and they will have to earn them back because who knows what they do with the iPods if they treat the ear buds like that.


I've already untangled the ear buds because lucky for them their dad loves puzzles and I find them to be a lot of fun I know its weird like that he he. I hope they learn a lesson from this and start appreciating what they do have. I know I learned a lesson too I learned that kids can be brutally honest but at the same time they help us as parents see what we still need to work to teach them from time to time.

3 comments:

Kristen said...

YAY for honesty! Hopefully, they are learning their lesson! WTG, Dad!!!

Lynn said...

My earphones get tangled all the time...and no, I don't play with them! so how does that happen?!

Ben Reed said...

This is a good word, Frank. Thanks for the parenting lesson!