I took Taylor for special time the other day…
This was the conversation we had:
T: What’s in jail?
Me: Bad guys.
T: What else?
Me: Scary bugs.
T: How do you get to jail?
Me: You do bad things.
T: Like what?
Me: Like stealing.
T: I want to steal.
Me: Why?
T: Because I want to see what jail is like. Who will take me there?
Me: A policeman.
T: What if I won’t listen to him?
Me: He’ll put handcuffs on you.
T: Then I will totally freak out.
Me: So, don’t steal.
T: But, I want to go see what jail is like.
Crap. I’m in big trouble. Good times ahead.
© 2009 “Le Musings of Moi”
Oh the innocence of children!
Logical, but not practical!
oh dear! let’s hope he never finds out! maybe you should rent a good, low budget prison movie for him to watch. he’s probably a little young for the “scared straight” program! funny…
Lock him in his room for 20 minutes and tell him your playing “jail.”
Maybe you should encourage him to be a policeman so he can guard the jail??
Maybe you could take a Mommy-son field trip to the local jail. Ir convince him that he should be a public defender when he grows up. Or, actually on second thought, stealing something and going to jail is probably a better life than being an attorney. 🙂
LOL!
Just put him in the bathroom with a blanket for a few hours. That should do it.
LOL, good luck with that one!
I will be right there with you b/c Hayden told me that he wants to go to jail too.
oh gosh…good luck with that one!