tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867606134860164698.post4247005823389048261..comments2024-01-25T22:23:08.605+01:00Comments on A Blonde in Sweden: Mommies throw me a discipline bone please!SwedishJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143674711124849448noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867606134860164698.post-47562278209422474302010-02-19T01:22:46.591+01:002010-02-19T01:22:46.591+01:00LMAO!!! Wait, so what you're saying is... you ...LMAO!!! Wait, so what you're saying is... you have a NORMAL 3 year old???<br /><br />But honestly, it goes a LONG way to realising that our kids are being normal. It is US who have warped (ie. adult version) standards of how kids should behave.<br /><br />A quiet, 'well-behaved', does all that you ask of him, doesn't tantrum, child, is a REPRESSED child.<br /><br />Being a parent who allows their child the right to a voice means having a child who will use it. lol I know, totally not fair. ;)<br /><br />As for dangerous situations, it's up to us to minimise them. A small child will never get how dangerous something is. They're more likely to be afraid of some doll in a shop than being hit by a car when running onto the road. It's too abstract a concept, no matter how much we freak out and get mad.<br /><br />Hang in there, remember he's just a kid, is testing out his world and social situations, it's all normal, talk about IMPORTANT stuff through dialogue or stories to help him learn...<br /><br />So impressed with the Swedish! My Serbian is as bad as when you left!!<br /><br />xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863793441609598153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867606134860164698.post-86554844630763191252010-02-17T23:45:05.213+01:002010-02-17T23:45:05.213+01:00I wish I had any creative advice. I've been ha...I wish I had any creative advice. I've been having my trouble with all my kids this week. Even after parenting for 13 years, I wonder why my kids don't listen to me some days. It's almost like you have to ride the wild roller coaster and hope for smooth rides ahead.septembermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570525910483384484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867606134860164698.post-86962738094697679132010-02-17T13:04:50.050+01:002010-02-17T13:04:50.050+01:00@ Den: That's nuthin'. My favourites are t...@ Den: That's nuthin'. My favourites are the signs for "In" and "out", "Infart"/"Utfart"SwedishJennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143674711124849448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867606134860164698.post-79990962820871544132010-02-17T12:15:04.907+01:002010-02-17T12:15:04.907+01:00Sorry to be of no help whatsoever... Am still crac...Sorry to be of no help whatsoever... Am still cracking up at the fact that the sentence 'stop Joe' in Swedish sounds like you're calling your son a slut! XDenhttp://www.full-monte.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867606134860164698.post-78419881998082180262010-02-17T09:56:25.719+01:002010-02-17T09:56:25.719+01:00@Lost. I am happy someone finds this situation amu...@Lost. I am happy someone finds this situation amusing (though I have to admit I almost burst when he tried to push that man off the beam thingy). I am sincerely looking forward to your blog posts when you have kids. I'll be the one pointing, laughing and rolling on the ground. LOL and ROFL to you (and evil grin too)! :-)SwedishJennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143674711124849448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867606134860164698.post-63398536942657111532010-02-17T09:54:17.399+01:002010-02-17T09:54:17.399+01:00Welcome Young Mamma! And thanks for creeping and c...Welcome Young Mamma! And thanks for creeping and commenting! I have never had to use a Time Out and had thought it was kinda lame. But the Toy In Time Out idea sounds brilliant!!!!!<br /><br />My little boy came in like a lamb and boy is he going all out like a Lion! I also wonder how much they really "understand" at this age, he's 3 and a half and trying to master both the English and Swedish languages. Like, how do they really learn social graces? Like, "It's not nice to be rude to your elders". How do you make them GET THAT? He certainly doesn't see ME PUSHING grown-ups. <br /><br />Maybe I also need to be more conscious of how I behave around adults, like dramatically so. "Oh hello So&So, how are you today? Oh, I see that you're eating a piece of chocolate and I would really like to have some of that chocolate. But I will not grab it from you and run screaming in victory. Instead I think I will ask you politely for some. Oh and I also see that you're parked in the spot I was going to park my car in. But I will not ram your car with mine to force you out of the spot. Instead, I will ask you politely if you wouldn't mind moving your car so that I may park there instead." What a trip this will be. Stay tuned...SwedishJennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143674711124849448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867606134860164698.post-45358093969797540592010-02-17T04:22:13.534+01:002010-02-17T04:22:13.534+01:00I discovered your blog a little while ago and have...I discovered your blog a little while ago and have been 'creeping' ever since and figured now was a good time comment. I grew up in Sweden and recently spend 6 months there with my fiance and 2 year old studying abroad and Loved it. <br /><br />My son is right in the middle of those terrible 2's and being a stay at home mamma and spending ALL my time with him there are days I want to pull my hair out. The Only thing that I have found out that even remotely works is putting his favorite toys in 'time out'. Up on a shelf, where he is reminded that he can't play with them. Putting him in time out did absolutely Nothing. He would sit there and patiently until his two minutes were up- but when I put his favorite car or stuffed animal in time out it really would piss him off, enough that half the time when he is being naughty all I have to do is threaten (agh i hate using the word threaten when dealing with children) but yes threaten his toys in time out and a lot of time will immediately stop. <br /><br />Well that was quite a novel- Lycka till!Young Mammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131891974705475092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867606134860164698.post-65689294033443202902010-02-16T23:35:35.188+01:002010-02-16T23:35:35.188+01:00oh no adolescence is striking...
I'm sorry Je...oh no adolescence is striking...<br /><br />I'm sorry Jen, and I feel worse for laughing the entire time i was reading this... just imagining them... hysterical!! lol!<br /><br />I am deeply sorry for my amusement at your pain :p<br /><br />I hop he doesnt continue acting up.<br /><br />I dont know how to help. my little sister is an angel ><!Gamma-rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149803854567501954noreply@blogger.com