Self Discipline

I just thought this was funny and wanted to post it.  It may give odd insight to our parenting methods, but that’s ok. 

I always feed the boys their veggies before the remainder of the meal to make sure they eat them.  I called them to the table to start their veggies the other night and, as usual, Josiah hopped right up to scarf them down because he loves anything edible.  Elijah, on the other hand, isn’t such a fan of anything green, so he started complaining.  I told him he could choose between sitting in his seat at the table or he could sit in the corner.  He said “sit, corner” and walked to the corner and sat there quietly for a good five minutes.  I figured I’d ride it out and see how it ended.  Next thing I knew he was crawling out of the corner and down the hallway (he always pretends to be a dog when he’s getting out of the corner).  He crawled right up to his seat, got in, buckled himself in, and started eating his veggies as soon as I gave them to him.  He ate it all without trouble!

It was the easiest discipline experience I’ve had yet as a parent :)