Now that Eli is old enough to know that he’s doing things he shouldn’t do, we’re starting to wrestle with how to punish him and how to redirect his behavior. It’s something of a nervous tightrope act, only your hair is on fire at the time and the audience is throwing knives at you.<\/p>\n
Sharp<\/i> knives.<\/p>\n
We’re very unsure about what we’re doing. We don’t want to crush his spirit any more than necessary, but he can’t run around like a wild hooligan. We don’t want to be those<\/i> parents. I mean, we are those<\/i> parents — every parent is one of those<\/i> parents. It’s unavoidable, like gravity and getting peed on at least once when changing a diaper. But we want to minimize the length of time we spend being those<\/i> parents.<\/p>\n
I’m sure we’ll have this figured out in a day or so. I’ll let you know when we do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Now that Eli is old enough to know that he’s doing things he shouldn’t do, we’re starting to wrestle with how to punish him and how to redirect his behavior. It’s something of a nervous tightrope act, only your hair is on fire at the time and the audience is throwing knives at you. Sharp … Continue reading Worrying About Punishment<\/span>