Ruth's eldest daughter is a hormonal, headstrong, difficult fifteen year old. One night last week, she thought she would go to bed early, along with the younger children. But she soon came back out to the living room where Ruth and I were visiting, and said she couldn't sleep. I told her to stay out here and "bond with us." She teased that she didn't want to "bond with us," because "You're old-- you're dinosaurs!" Oh, it was ON for that little girl, let me tell you! :lol: I went over and picked her up out of her chair, then plopped her onto the sofa right between myself and Ruth, and we just loved the stuffing right out of her, until she couldn't take it anymore. :lol:
She wouldn't admit it for several days, but I knew that deep inside she really liked that treatment, and needed it. She finally did admit it several days later. Her mother and I have determined that "Dinosaur Therapy" is necessary to this teen daughter's healthy development, and she is going to be receiving it on a very frequent, if not nightly, basis, from now on.
Last night, as I was leaving the children with said daughter for the night--- they were all asleep, and she is grounded--- a moment came up in which I determined some Dinosaur Therapy was in order. So I sat and held her for a few minutes. She then told me that she could really have used some "Dinosaur Therapy" the previous evening, when she was all alone in the house, and ended up crying herself to sleep.
Poor dear. I told her that in the future, if that ever happens, she can come over to my house and ask for Dinosaur Therapy any time, and get all she needs. She responded very favorably to that. :mrgreen:
She wouldn't admit it for several days, but I knew that deep inside she really liked that treatment, and needed it. She finally did admit it several days later. Her mother and I have determined that "Dinosaur Therapy" is necessary to this teen daughter's healthy development, and she is going to be receiving it on a very frequent, if not nightly, basis, from now on.
Last night, as I was leaving the children with said daughter for the night--- they were all asleep, and she is grounded--- a moment came up in which I determined some Dinosaur Therapy was in order. So I sat and held her for a few minutes. She then told me that she could really have used some "Dinosaur Therapy" the previous evening, when she was all alone in the house, and ended up crying herself to sleep.
Poor dear. I told her that in the future, if that ever happens, she can come over to my house and ask for Dinosaur Therapy any time, and get all she needs. She responded very favorably to that. :mrgreen:
