If I can be bold, I have made up the best parenting rule ever.
After listening to Jack whine and complain quite a bit yesterday, I instituted a new Banjostrand Family Rule. For every one complaint/whine, you have to say one nice thing about the subject you are talking about.
I love my rule.
He said he never wanted his bike again. "What do you like about it?" "...training wheels..."
He railed on something vague about our house. "What do you like about it?" "...trashcan..."
My theory is that he is going to get so annoyed with having to answer me every time that he'll eventually stop the negative talk. Either that or I'm going to learn a lot about his favorite parts of the universe.
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