Turning the Tables

Some folks remember getting there mouth washed out with soap because they said a bad word. Well I am not a believer in washing out the mouth with soap,,,maybe Listerine but I have been trying to work on teaching the kids not to say bad words or mean things. Last week I noticed Parker kept referring to “well so and so is just crazy” or “well thats just crazy” and I guess it just rubbed me the wrong way. It just didn’t sound nice. So though crazy in not a bad word, it was the way he was using the word. It also just so happened that I am out of mouth wash So I remembered a class I went to on Love and Logic and came up with a plan to get this “craziness” under controll. I made Parker pay me 25 cents each time he used the word. 50 cents latter and he was trying to think of new words to use. Last night he almost slipped a few times, but quickly corrected himself and chose a new word.
So as I shared this with my spouse this morning he started laughing hysterically. Apparently hubby uses the word “crazy” a lot and Parker got on to him all weekend. So I suggested that maybe Daddy should pay Parker 25 cents every time he uses the word. Lets see what happens next,,,Parker may be a rich boy by Saturday