But I can’t, sweetie

There’s nothing more hurtful than hearing these words from my little girl. Not that I don’t like to, but I just can’t because she needs to learn her lesson and pay the price for showing unacceptable behavior in front of everyone else.

Last Saturday we were in Kidsahoy. Her Tiny Tunes class was about to start when she was asked to remove her socks but instead of just handing it to me, she threw it instead. For me and for everyone else, it was really foul. It was uncalled-for rudeness.

Her Teacher talked to her but instead of doing the right way (getting the socks and handing it to me) she threw it again instead. It went on for several minutes until she was pulled out from her class because she was already crying. A part of me wants to hug her and tell her that “it’s just okay, Mommy can pick it up for you” but I know that she did something bad and her not joining the class was enough punishment for her bad deed.

It took her an hour to finally settle down. I really cried because I felt frustrated, I trained her to be always nice to people and as a stay at home mom, I felt like the blame was purely on me. What surprises me is that my daughter is the opposite at home, she is one responsible kid but she’s a total brat when we’re with other people. That I don’t understand.

Her actions did not make me angry, it humiliated me.

Tita Dee, Teacher Aia’s (her artclass teacher) mom told me that it’s just a phase that will eventually pass but she has to be taught that it isn’t right otherwise she would think that it’s just okay.