tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post4289480218494589432..comments2024-03-23T12:52:32.450+13:00Comments on The Paddock: On the scrapheapPaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-81489605823401405702010-06-06T15:48:11.524+12:002010-06-06T15:48:11.524+12:00Thanks for the explanation about who Nanny McPhee ...Thanks for the explanation about who Nanny McPhee is, Dawn Treader. No wonder the kids enjoy my take on her so much and probably why they magically change into good children when I put them on the "naughty chair". I'll give some thought to how I can utilise the expected magical powers next time we play that game.<br /> <br />Farmlady, I'm very fortunate to have had almost daily contact with these grandchildren since the twins were two years old (they are now 11), so they know the boundaries and what the consequences are if they overstep them when they are at my house.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-27191535222440103172010-06-03T10:06:58.703+12:002010-06-03T10:06:58.703+12:00If you can take care of and entertain four childre...If you can take care of and entertain four children for the day you are not even close to the "scrap heap". But, I hear your pain.<br />I just had my two grandkids for the weekend and they had their parents with them....but by the time they went home I was exhausted. I mean EXHAUSTED. I was in a state of collapse yesterday. I took TWO naps.<br />It's more about discipline that our ability to outplay them. Kids these days seem to need so much monitoring and they have no boundaries. Everything is up for grabs. Time outs and "1,2,3" means nothing if there are no consequences.It's exhausting because they have nothing to control their inner sense of what is right and wrong. They wait, every time , to let someone else monitor their behavior.<br />Have a nice vacation. You deserve it.farmladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516462251842458511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-5473794879753786242010-06-03T03:13:56.354+12:002010-06-03T03:13:56.354+12:00Yep...a long way from the scrap heap. But even the...Yep...a long way from the scrap heap. But even then, some of my favorite treasures have been found rummaging around scrap heaps.Bagman and Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760203276065466927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-66089624932122785202010-06-02T20:02:28.846+12:002010-06-02T20:02:28.846+12:00You, Pauline, are very far from scrap heap materia...You, Pauline, are very far from scrap heap material. You are fun to be with as well as being a very capable and clever lady.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768256566462414032.post-45963422855044312972010-06-02T19:09:35.938+12:002010-06-02T19:09:35.938+12:00Oh yes. I know that scrapheap feeling. Have to put...Oh yes. I know that scrapheap feeling. Have to put up quite fight with it sometimes. As for Nanny MacPhee, isn't that a movie with a nanny who in fact turns out to have supernatural powers (sort of a modern Mary Poppins)? Don't think I saw it, only read/heard about it. Anyway if you managed to play her part, you must be very far from ready for the scrapheap! -LOL- <br />Sounds like a lovely place you're going to be staying at.DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.com