Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Interesting Evening
Nora and Pierce ran into a bumpy patch last night, but it ended happily.
While putting Pierce to bed I had to take a phone call, so he continued reading a Hardy Boys book on his own. When Nora finished putting Anna to bed she came in to visit Pierce and say good night. While visiting she asked him to read her some of the story. And he refused. His logic is a little questionable, it basically came down to "he didn't want to." I think Nora felt pretty slighted and it wasn't very gracious of Pierce -Nora is amazing with both Pierce and Anna and extremely giving. His response hurt.
When I finished up with my call, Pierce and I completed the bedtime routine and he told me his version of what happened. I didn't want to "insert" myself in the middle of the situation (I have high confidence that Nora and Pierce can resolve things), but I did let him know I was disappointed and that I thought he'd hurt Nora's feelings. I also asked him what he thought he could do to make things better, to which he responded that "maybe he should have read to Mom" and he would try to read to her the next day.
End of story, right? Wrong, about 4:00 this morning Pierce came into our room and apologized to Nora, promised to read to her later in the day, and asked if he could snuggle with her for a little while. Nice. I'm blown away with the maturity of our budding 6-year old.
-Eric (Dad)
While putting Pierce to bed I had to take a phone call, so he continued reading a Hardy Boys book on his own. When Nora finished putting Anna to bed she came in to visit Pierce and say good night. While visiting she asked him to read her some of the story. And he refused. His logic is a little questionable, it basically came down to "he didn't want to." I think Nora felt pretty slighted and it wasn't very gracious of Pierce -Nora is amazing with both Pierce and Anna and extremely giving. His response hurt.
When I finished up with my call, Pierce and I completed the bedtime routine and he told me his version of what happened. I didn't want to "insert" myself in the middle of the situation (I have high confidence that Nora and Pierce can resolve things), but I did let him know I was disappointed and that I thought he'd hurt Nora's feelings. I also asked him what he thought he could do to make things better, to which he responded that "maybe he should have read to Mom" and he would try to read to her the next day.
End of story, right? Wrong, about 4:00 this morning Pierce came into our room and apologized to Nora, promised to read to her later in the day, and asked if he could snuggle with her for a little while. Nice. I'm blown away with the maturity of our budding 6-year old.
-Eric (Dad)
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