Leen is now almost 5 and hence usually sits in the backseat of the car - not a car seat - and fastens the seat belt like the rest of us. She had no problem with it until recently she started expressing annoyance and didnt buckle up.
Yesterday her dad told her to fasten her seat belt over and over and over again (10 times according to her story) but she still didnt. He ended up scolding her and she ended up in tears.
When they picked me up, Leen was obviously still upset. So i asked whats wrong and she said.. " I dont wanna tell you coz you will put me in the punish chair and you wont play with me"
I ended up getting her to fess up and tell me what happened and that she hasnt been listening to dads instructions about the seat belt and all.
So i thought maybe if i convinced her of the idea behind wearing the seatbelt she will understand. I started explaining that we fasten the seat belt incase someone bumps into us and thats an unpredictable thing that happens suddenly. And if it does while we arent wearing the seat belts we will fly out of our seat, break the windshield and fly out in the street. which means that we will get badly injured.
To this graphic emphasis of an accident, her respone was.. "Tom (from Tom & Jerry) fell infront of a car before and it drove over him more than once... he became flat, but he was fine again"
!!!!!!
SO i started explaining that Tom is a cartoon... he isnt real. And that if we were hit we would die and never get better again.
She on the other hand started finding other stories from Tom & Jerry and began narrating the episodes that had other car accidents... and Tom and Jerry were always fine again!
We ended this conversation with the fact that cartoons arent real and that Tom or Jerry can blow his finger up into a hammer... CAN YOU?!
I think the idea got through or so i hope... in the mean time we will just keep reminding her to fasten her seat belts.
DUH...Cartooons!!!
Yesterday her dad told her to fasten her seat belt over and over and over again (10 times according to her story) but she still didnt. He ended up scolding her and she ended up in tears.
When they picked me up, Leen was obviously still upset. So i asked whats wrong and she said.. " I dont wanna tell you coz you will put me in the punish chair and you wont play with me"
I ended up getting her to fess up and tell me what happened and that she hasnt been listening to dads instructions about the seat belt and all.
So i thought maybe if i convinced her of the idea behind wearing the seatbelt she will understand. I started explaining that we fasten the seat belt incase someone bumps into us and thats an unpredictable thing that happens suddenly. And if it does while we arent wearing the seat belts we will fly out of our seat, break the windshield and fly out in the street. which means that we will get badly injured.
To this graphic emphasis of an accident, her respone was.. "Tom (from Tom & Jerry) fell infront of a car before and it drove over him more than once... he became flat, but he was fine again"
!!!!!!
SO i started explaining that Tom is a cartoon... he isnt real. And that if we were hit we would die and never get better again.
She on the other hand started finding other stories from Tom & Jerry and began narrating the episodes that had other car accidents... and Tom and Jerry were always fine again!
We ended this conversation with the fact that cartoons arent real and that Tom or Jerry can blow his finger up into a hammer... CAN YOU?!
I think the idea got through or so i hope... in the mean time we will just keep reminding her to fasten her seat belts.
DUH...Cartooons!!!
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