I usually just lurk but I had to comment on this one. Just this morning one of my 4yo dcb brought a RedBox movie to "share." His dad KNOWS my no stuff from home rule. AND my no screen time rule but he said his kid just wouldn't take no for an answer. THEN the kid won't even put the movie in his backpack he insisted on carrying it around proclaiming he was going to carry it until we watched it. Mind you all of this is while pitching a fit, whining, flopping, etc. I just let it happen. Intervention is fruifruitless until dcd leaves.

As soon as his dad left, I told him "dcb, we're not watching this movie today. Hand it to me so I can keep it safe," and he complied with nothing more than a huff. My husband was home this morning which he usually isn't, and he was cracking up. "How'd you do that?" he asked. It's easy really. I set the standard years ago.

Oh and the kicker. The movie was PG-13. Really...

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