The Strong Willed Child(s)

This little guy looks very sweet, and he can be. BUT not on Friday at daycare. Chino dropped him off that day, and that doesn't usually go as smoothly as when I drop him off. You see, when he leaves the house with Papi he could be going somewhere good or he could be going to school. He never knows until he gets there. So on this morning he went to school. Juan was not happy. He was difficult for the teachers so the director had to step in. He didn't want a diaper change, but he needed one. So Ms. Judy got him changed. Then had to take him to her office because he was having such a fit. While in her office he decided to test the waters. Juan removed his shoes, pants AND diaper. Out of options a call was made to Mom. Ms. Judy put Juan on the phone with me. I told him that he loved his teacher Ms. Kasey and he should go play with her and that I would be there in a little bit to pick him up and take him to McDonald's for dinner. Then I said, "We've talked about this, you know that you are suppose to keep your "doodle" covered. Now go put your diaper on". He immediately went to get his diaper and allowed Ms. Judy to put it on him. He was fine the rest of the day. When I picked him up he reminded me that there would be McDonald's for dinner. I thought my strong words of encouragement made him behave, NOT it was the strong pull of chicken nuggets and a play land.

And then there is Audi. She is pretty cute and can be VERY sweet. But she did not have a good week at school. We all remember that last week Audi received a yellow slip from the principal for the "mooning" incident. Well this week she got two, count them ONE TWO yellow slips from the principal. Apparently she got upset at a little girl at school and threatened her in the bathroom. She received the first yellow slip. As punishment she had to spend half of Friday with her special education teacher instead of being in her classroom. This is an inschool suspension. Audi did not show up to school in a good mood. She was upset so she started throwing things, little blocks (at the teacher), crayons (at the teacher), a chair (at the teacher) and a desk (again, at the teacher). Then she threatened the teacher. She then received her second yellow slip. Needless to say, she will not return to her classroom on Monday. She will stay in inschool suspension until she is behaved enough to return to class with other students.

At home she is grounded. She did not get to go to McDonald's for dinner, she can't use the computer or watch TV. None of this will help but what else can I do?