You Get What You Get
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 05:45PM This morning Piper wanted her hair in a ponytail, but all I could find was her black hair tie (and not the pink, orange, blue or purple one she wanted).
After a minute of searching, I told her the black one would have to do because we were running late.
She pouted a little and then said, “You get what you get and you don’t get upset.”
My husband and I exchanged a look over her head.
“Who taught you that, Piper?”
“My teacher.”
“What do you think it means?”
“It means if you get a sticker and it’s not the one you wanted, you can’t complain.”
“Oh, I see. In other words, you should be happy with things you get because it’s nice that you’re getting anything at all, right?”
“YEAH!”
I look over at my husband who just shrugged. “C’mon!” I said, “You gotta love this school! They’re giving them cute rhyming ways of coping. When we were kids, all we got was threatened.”
Would you rather a poke in the eye?
coping skills in Yadda, Yadda, Yadda
Reader Comments (5)
Bossy is so very terrible at hair. Lucky thing Bossy's hair wouldn't behave anyway.
“You get what you get and you don’t get upset.” Words to live by. I think I will make it my mantra for today!
a rhyme is much better than a slap across the face....parochial school has come a long way....and geezzzz getting a sticker is a treat, in the old days having one was a sin. ok, okay, no whining;)
-->My friend's 4-year old learned the same thing at school. I just need to remember to say it to my almost 3-year old when he gets an orange popsicle vs. a blue one. ha!
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Oooo..I need to steal that one! Perfect! I love it when the schools/teachers do something right and someone lives to tell about it. (too often we hear about what's wrong) Thanks for sharing!