It Only Took Her 5 days!

Well...finally after 5 days of being grounded, Miss Amanda, finally apoligized. She had been playing the silent game with me since Sunday and although the peace and quiet was nice, I did win that standoff!

I am sure her lack of communication with the outside world finally got the best of her. (No cell phone, no computer, no friends, no activities...just us old foggies, a dumb brother and two loud 5 year olds)

I'm still not sure if she is really sorry for her behavior or if she thought that by apoligizing she would get her stuff back. Which is why I told her that "Since it took you 5 days to admit what you did wrong, you will have 5 more days of being grounded."

See what being stubborn gets ya? If she would have only taken responsibility days ago, she would already be off the hook. Just a little bit of information you withhold until after they apoligize. (learned that in parenting 101)

You know as unfair as it might be...as parents, we get to make the rules! At least thats what my Dad told me when I was a teenager......