On a recent trip to the naughty step I was forced to see the good in my little boy who hadn’t really done anything so bad as to be sent to the step but was doing my head in all the same.
It all started with a refusal to eat dinner…
Me: (after the requisite three minutes on the step) Do you know why you were put on the step?
Him: Nope
Me: You were not behaving at the table and not doing as you were told (i.e. eating up dinner). Now, can you tell me why you’re on the step?
Him: Nope, you’ll have to give me another clue
Me: Maybe if you looked at me when I was speaking to you then you’d hear what I’m saying
He then looked deap into my eyes and grinned as big a grin as he could muster and at that point I couldn’t help but laugh.
And, in case you’re in any doubt, that’s why the site is entitled “Tales from the Naughty Step”
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