Palm to Head Parenting Moment #876
Sometimes the 9-year old can be, how shall we say? - incredibly literal.
A good example of this was the other day when I overheard her on the phone leaving a message for one of her friends:
I gasped in horror and said, "Honey! We don't just invite ourselves over to someone's house!"
To which she replied, "But I want to go over there." Because, duh, that's what she wanted to do.
So I said, "I get that... but you cannot just call people up and say 'I want to come over to your house' okay?"
The next day I overheard her calling again -- this time the mom answered:
A good example of this was the other day when I overheard her on the phone leaving a message for one of her friends:
"Hi. This is Dotter. I want to come over to your house so call me back."
I gasped in horror and said, "Honey! We don't just invite ourselves over to someone's house!"
To which she replied, "But I want to go over there." Because, duh, that's what she wanted to do.
So I said, "I get that... but you cannot just call people up and say 'I want to come over to your house' okay?"
The next day I overheard her calling again -- this time the mom answered:
"Hi. This is Dotter. I'm not allowed to say 'I want to come over to your house' but I want to play at your house, so can I?"
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