When Jorja landed in trouble...

Last week, when we arrived at the front door of the Bonny Babies Daycare, I was handed a sealed envelope: It wasn't an invite. It wasn't a gift voucher. It definitely wasn't a pay packet!

It started off reading like this - "Dear Mr and Mrs du Plessis, today Jorja was involved in a serious incident..."

The first couple of times that I read it, I couldn't take anything in. I skimmed over the familiar handwriting waiting for the message to pop out. Seriously. How many people do I know that get written warnings about their child's behaviour, from the school Principal aka Mom?

Seems boisterous Jorja was a bit too wild on the day in question (much like other days?) and was involved in a incident with another excitable child. I comfort myself by saying that both sets of parents were given notification, as a matter of principle... But still! Hearing of this was no easy pill to swallow!

Jorja seemed somewhat aware of the situation at hand, but played it ice cool. Somehow I was going to have to break through this exterior and discuss the issue with her. What words do you use with a 2-year old?

Ash: "That makes Mommy sad."
Jorja: "Don't cry."
Ash: "Why did you do that?"
Jorja: "Because I must!"
Ash: "Are you going to do it again?"
Jorja "Yes!"

By the next morning I was still having a hard time making my peace and I realised the need to be realistic and accepting (and expecting) and not absolutely distraught by Jorja's behaviour! No doubt we'll have many more cringe-worthy moments in times to come... And we have our work cut out for us in teaching and disciplining our Jorja in the right way.

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