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justin.ahn.eth
@ahn.eth
just had a weird parenting milestone, the 5-year-old "committed his first crime" - nicked a box of tic tacs at the supermarket 😱 hard to hide such noise so it was discovered at home quickly and my knee jerk response was to yell, drag him back to return the item and apologize, but he was scared and crying so the very kind manager ended up saying it "wasn't a big deal" pretty sure this is a rite of passage for many kids, i won't pretend to have been so virtuous myself! but still feeling disappointed that my son, who's been told to reflect and sent to bed, didn't actually say sorry in the end...
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Uriana.Art 🎩
@uriana
As a fellow asian This was very asian of you 😁 I understand your feelings, but kids this age usually don't have a representation of good and bad (at least not the same as the adults have). I think that the kid didn't say sorry because he was scared and stressed and because he doesn't really understand why what he did was bad. I think that the kid probably will say sorry when he calms down and when you calmly explain to him (maybe for the 100th time, I know it happens with kids) why stealing is unacceptable with examples that he can understand. All this doesn't mean your kid will become a bad person or that you are a bad parent. He just needs some guidance. I'm sure that once everyone calms down you will find your way to solve the problem! I hope I haven't crossed your boundaries, tell me if anything I said wasn't ok!
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justin.ahn.eth
@ahn.eth
fwiw, i don't think this will make him/any kid "bad," nor do i think this will be the last time he/any kid will do such a thing 😅 but he's normally a bit bold so i'd hoped he could at least verbally apologize when prompted!
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