I wish I could have recorded the scene tonight with Braxton. He had thrown a cup of mine and broke it, so I took his remote away. After a bit I asked him if he wanted it back and sweetly he said "Yes." Then I told him he needed to say he was sorry. He looked a moment and then started to say it. "I" came out pretty calm, but at 'sorry'..he raised his neck and contorted his face and screamed "Sorry", so loud that I thought he would surely have throat strain. I told him "Braxton, you need to say it nicely." So, for the next few minutes he cried and carried on searching for the remote. After several minutes I asked "Are you sorry?" "Yes", he answered softly and sweetly. "Are you going to say you are sorry?" Again he thought about it taking it all in and then stuck his head up and shortly and curtly said "Nope." I thought to myself "Darn, he is like his mom." I still waited and then finally I heard a nice "Sorry mommy." and that got him his remote back. Then he took it outside and threw it :0 He found it and has remained calm.
It is interesting to watch him develop a personality..
On a side note about my daughter. She profusely apologized made her own decision about her consequence, not without begging me to do a consequence later. We watched a movie together and it was pleasant.
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