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haha - all the posts about the whiny-trashy-crusty-nose kids are making me laugh. Man I am so glad that no one asks me to babysit anymore. Not sure whether that's because I'm older or no reasonable parent trusts their precious little ones with a law student...I'll admit that as a group law students are generally just bordering on psychopath. (My friend in med school had a little book when she was on psych rounds that listed all the many ways you can be crazy - I had fun diagnosing my classmates)
Back to whining though - I remember one (horribly!!!) spoiled little girl I used to babysit, and oh man she could whine! Would about burst your eardrums. "Iiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeee waaaaaaaaaaannnnt aaaaaaaaa....." She would whine even when it wasn't necessary - Yes! You can have a friggin' glass of water, geez!
So I just told her I had a hearing impairment and couldn't understand her when she whined - made up some mumbo-jumbo about it being "supersonic" and "too high frequency" for me to hear. She'd whine and I would ignore her - drove her nuts!
She'd eventually follow me around and come tap me and keep whining. I'd say, "What???! What did you say? I can't understand you! If you want something, you have to tell me in your quiet big-girl voice, ok?" Worked like a charm.
It was pretty funny once though when her mom was there, and the Little Princess whined at her, and then repeated what she said, very politely and matter-of-fact, looking at me. Mom was very confused. I just grinned. Serves her right, her mother was the reason that kid was such a whiner - let her get away with it.
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