FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for March 23, 2010

How much will Paige be paid for this?

It won’t be enough.

Persistence, thy name is toddler.

Paige could always argue her case for extra payment like Roslyn did with Calvin’s parents.

Got duct tape?

I sense a tantrum on the horizon.

Got earplugs? (They really work, by the way – take just enough of the edge off the whining and crying to make it possible to deal with the actual problem without getting stressed).

toss the kiddo in her bed and shut the door, or perhaps her closet with the light off, she will soon quit wanting Blues Clues, LOL.

Looks like a job for Duct Tape! (Never leave home without it)

I can relate to Paige’s “HER punishment?” When my boys were little and being brats, my husband would say “No TV!” and then leave for work.

It’s easy for the mom to leave and let her child carry on. Mom should have stayed on and made sure the puninshment stayed carried out instead of letting the sitter suffer. I wonder if Paige will cave in and letter her charge watch TV in hopes the little child doesn’t tell her mom.

I would never do this to a sitter! Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a sitter you can trust?

Duct tape! The Handyman’s (and babysitter’s) secret weapon!

I like all the Duct Tape recommendations!

The mom is teaching the toddler that she can’t enforce her own discipline so she had to hire someone else to do it. This then translates into “If Mommy is stuck with me, I can get away with murder since she doesn’t back up her promises/threats”. It also teaches the toddler that Mommy can’t be trusted.

You want parenting that works?!? Among other things, NEVER punish when angry because your lesson is lost (the one they learn is that Mom/Dad is a big ogre. They DON’T learn that what they did was wrong.) and BE CONSISTENT!! Don’t threaten and then not follow through. Your children will peg you! They know exactly how much you’ll endure until you act.

Comon Pagie, only 5 more hours of a toddler saying “Blue’s Clues”

“I sense a tantrum on the horizon.”

From Katie or Paige?

I do recall Paige teaching Katie a few curse words last time she was babysitting.

Maybe not duct tape - maybe peanut butter? (in bulk!)

There is an easy solution to this problem, it’s a four letter word and also the acronym for a group of police specialists.

Didn’t Mrs. O’Dell once say to Paige, “I hope you don’t mind, but I don’t own a TV”? She should have kept it that way.