If parenting teaches you anything, it is to be a good sales person. Not the kind that sells stuff. But the kind that sells the argument.
Yesterday morning, we were getting ready for school and work, I informed little Miss Haana that her snack will consist of two clementine oranges. She immediately retorted, "I don't want oranges". Instead of arguing, I turned to look at the two clementine oranges in my hand and covered their the sides (ears), and whispered to them, "No, no, she didn't mean it! She really likes you, it wasn't like that". Little Miss Haana immediately agreed with me, "Ya, ya, i didn't mean it!", we giggled. "But mumma, I don't want two of them!". I was about to argue how she really needs to have two, and thst they're tiny. But I had a better plan: "But Gugu, they're sisters! Sisters have to go together." "Oh ya. Sisters have to go together", she agreed with conviction.
Problem solved 🤗.
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