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It’s All About Managing Expectations

by kate baggott on March 28th, 2007

Comic by Owen Baggott.

Earlier this morning I had this conversation as follow-up to my day off yesterday.

Me: So, were the kids good yesterday?

My brother: Oh, come on, Kate. (rolls eyes)

Me: OK, were they good-ish?

My bother: Yeah, they were fine.

Tags: child-behaviour, how-do-bad-kids-get-away-with-it, how-to-make-my-4-year-old-behave, Living-with-kids, spoiled-brat

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Kerri
Apr 1, 2007 at 1:35 pm

That’s Baldman’s mantra, “The secret to happiness is to lower your expectations.” Sad how many times I’ve actually had to employ this one!

Here via CoFL (and just cuz I like ya ;) )
kbaggott
Apr 1, 2007 at 2:33 pm

Thanks Kerri (for liking me).

I am afraid the baldman is right.
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Apr 1, 2007 at 11:20 pm

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kailani
Apr 3, 2007 at 12:23 am

What in the world is a nutella sandwich?
Holly Schwendiman
Apr 3, 2007 at 4:05 pm

ROFL - that’s too true it is all about managing your expectations! Thanks for the giggle

Hugs,
Holly

Here via the Carnival of Family Life. ;)
Maria
Apr 14, 2007 at 3:59 am

Kailani– Nutella is this awesome chocolate hazelnut version of what most Americans would compare to peanut butter (but chocolate…and hazelnut) that originated in Italy.

For some reason my 3 …almost 4 month old son is never as well behaved for others as he is for me, but at his age that means he didn’t want to take the bottle (he’s a breast boy) or wouldn’t go to sleep.
kbaggott
Apr 14, 2007 at 10:40 am

Ah Maria, they can’t be really bad until they’re two years old.
Maria
Apr 14, 2007 at 10:53 am

True enough. He is too young to do any of the REALLY bad stuff!
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