Raising daughters.

She hands the sticker to me, and I say -Honey, I don't really need it, how about we put it on your binder - thinking this a happy compromise. So I put it on the binder. Well, then the two girls lunge for it, and grab it up (both of them yelling "I want it!") and the one that gets to it first - promptly puts it on her shirt despite having proclaimed that "kids aren't supposed to wear the sticker". Now, I am stunned at what has just happened. These girls essentially conned my daughter out of her sticker. They knew they wanted it the whole time and manipulated the situation to get their way. I am thinking - rather quickly that I can't let this happen or it will set a really bad tone with these girls all year long. They will just think they can snatch up anything that doesn't belong to them and my daughter will become their prey. So I "snatch" it back from them - telling them (quite sternly) NO, you don't do people that way - and giving it back to my child by putting it back on her clothes. I can't believe the behavior of these girls! What are parents teaching their children these days???

So I get my daughter seated, and tell her - honey you can't let people treat you that way. As I leave, it dawns on me that I may have just made my daughter "public enemy" number one with these girls - and the bell hasn't even rung yet! I'm thinking I need some kind of manual to help me navigate my way through the next few years!

On my way out, I am thinking - how can I salvage this??? So I decide to stop by the woman giving out the stickers - explain things quickly and get some to take back to the classroom. I get 5 and go back. I kind of sneak up on the girl and playfully slap one on her shirt - and say - "Here you go, now you have one too! Where's your friend? - 'Cause I have one for her."

I thought about giving the excess stickers to my daughter to parcel out - but didn't know if that would get her into trouble with the teacher - so I go over to the teacher - briefly explain

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