Nathaniel threw a fit in front of daddy at the weekend, (I am familiar with these they happen mainly every evening, and I throw him to bed!
However this one was because he didnt want to stop playing the wii, so infact he landed with a 1 week ban for the wii - we can still play it though!
Day one and 2 were fine but I did begin to wonder why we had imposed a ban like this on a bank holiday weekend. What would we fill the time with.
We ended up doing some really fun stuff, the discovery museum, the parks, riding bikes, more parks, talking and reading, making books etc etc. he is actually quite proud of his ban now!
Which leads me to wonder...how good is the wii and why do we let him play it at all, well it is a family game we can play together, it also allows me time free from him to prepare dinner, tidy up, take a shower, it helps him read, fight battles and learn about sports and taking turns.
So I guess the tantrum was just a moment of lost control, 5 year olds will have them - so do grown ups, but what we can learn is the lesson he learned yesterday in Karate - KEEP THE CONTROL WITH YOU!
Sensai was saying that as soon as you loose control it gets passed to another person to control you and that is now fun, we talked after and he decided he would take sensai's advice if he could and try to do the 3 breaths to calm him down so he can control his temper.
Now with a weekend of me working and predicted rain - lets see how his temper is controlled
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