Olivia is grounded from scissors for a week. You see, she’s 5 - not 3 or 2 - she’s 5. She should be WELL past the “cut one’s own hair stage”. She broke ground on that phase a couple of years ago and tended the land for quite some time. However, she grew out of it… RIGHT???
Nay. She cut her hair the other day. Thankfully, it wasn’t 2 weeks before a wedding she was a flower girl in, nor was it cut by a friend she gave the scissors to, nor was it a lot of hair. In fact, I probably would not have noticed if her Daddy didn’t tell me.
Her consequence - no scissors for a week and after that she must ask permission to use scissors EVERY time until Halloween. I was mad when I found out, so that last part of the consequence is now my consequence too.
Well, my little darling loves making things. Loves. Luh-huvs. What might a 5 year old girl who has no idea how to exist without making a “project” do without scissors? I’ll tell you… she’ll get foamy paper and a butter knife - and “cut” shapes. I guess she figured out a butter knife won’t cut paper, so she found something that would.
She’s resourceful - I’ll give her that; and “technically” she obeyed the consequence too. Y’all see what I’m up against? I don’t even think I can TRY to think like Olivia does… *holding my nose with one hand and waving the other above my head as I demonstrate someone drowning in a sea of “Oh-My-Heckness“*
Oh my heck indeed. You have quite the young lady there, my friend. Keep in mind that resourcefulness is a vital quality for a woman to possess and she probably got it from you!
At least you can count on Olivia being able to handle tough situations in life. “If life give you lemons…”
(BTW, My friend and I played “hair salon” until the age of 12. I still remember our teacher’s gasp of horror!)