It’s rarely good news when you hear your child screaming ‘Muuuuum!’ from the toilet! Recently Ella managed to drop her new gloves in the loo! They (obviously) needed a wash afterward and she was pretty upset because she now couldn’t wear them to school. I really didn’t have the energy to deal with her distress during the pre-departure morning chaos, so to pull her out of it I suggested we have some fun thinking of all the ways it could have been worse. Given that this incident involved a toilet it was fairly easy to think of a range of disgusting ideas (which she loved!). She ended up smiling and laughing with me and expressing genuine gratitude that the gloves didn’t get flushed away (or reach one of a number of much more gross fates!).
Head & Heart #40: How could it be worse?
Head & Heart #40: How could it be worse?
Head & Heart #40: How could it be worse?
It’s rarely good news when you hear your child screaming ‘Muuuuum!’ from the toilet! Recently Ella managed to drop her new gloves in the loo! They (obviously) needed a wash afterward and she was pretty upset because she now couldn’t wear them to school. I really didn’t have the energy to deal with her distress during the pre-departure morning chaos, so to pull her out of it I suggested we have some fun thinking of all the ways it could have been worse. Given that this incident involved a toilet it was fairly easy to think of a range of disgusting ideas (which she loved!). She ended up smiling and laughing with me and expressing genuine gratitude that the gloves didn’t get flushed away (or reach one of a number of much more gross fates!).