For a little levity, I would like to share what happened in my house the other night. My five-year-old has been asking us to do things for him that he can do on his own, like put on his clothes/shoes, find and fetch toys, etc., probably because he's a bit jealous of his two-year-old brother, who still needs help with these things. The other day Five asked my husband to put his shoes on for him, and my husband joked "you have to give me a dollar." So Five comes up to me and says "Mama, can you get my piggy bank down, daddy needs some money." That triggered a nice long talk about how Daddy sometimes makes silly (and age inappropriate) jokes and we should just laugh and that doesn't mean Daddy isn't going to help us. But I also told him I was proud of him for offering up his piggy bank when he thought his dad needed money. He's only just learning how money works, and I found it touching that he was willing to share it with his family.
For a little levity, I would like to share what happened in my house the other night. My five-year-old has been asking us to do things for him that he can do on his own, like put on his clothes/shoes, find and fetch toys, etc., probably because he's a bit jealous of his two-year-old brother, who still needs help with these things. The other day Five asked my husband to put his shoes on for him, and my husband joked "you have to give me a dollar." So Five comes up to me and says "Mama, can you get my piggy bank down, daddy needs some money." That triggered a nice long talk about how Daddy sometimes makes silly (and age inappropriate) jokes and we should just laugh and that doesn't mean Daddy isn't going to help us. But I also told him I was proud of him for offering up his piggy bank when he thought his dad needed money. He's only just learning how money works, and I found it touching that he was willing to share it with his family.