Helpful Mom

OK so sometimes you have to reign in your kids imaginations to protect them from hurting themselves or others.  Take this example: the other day Katrina got out of bed because there was a “bug” in her room.  Joel went up to kill it, but after much looking he couldn’t find it.  So he gave her a fly swatter and told her that if she saw it again she could kill it herself.  Crisis averted.  Fast forward to the next day when two little girls are chasing each other around the house with a fly swatter saying it’s your turn to kill me.  I’m the bug kill me!  Joel says OK no more fly swatters and Katrina says that’s OK just use your hand to kill me.