Ethan had been acting out this past week after he had been so sweet for a week. He’d give me a hug and say “I love you” out of the blue. Then all of a sudden he was trying our patience. Crying, whining and acting out. I knew he was frustrated about something but I didn’t know what it was. He kept on saying “it’s not fair”. I asked him “what’s not fair?” But I guess at his age it’s a little too much to expect him to know why he feels things are unfair. Then I realized something yesterday. I began to assume that Ethan was learning this misbehaviour from his sister, Mikala. Then I began to realize something further when Mikala pouts and does her tantrum we do not scold her or repremand her. We just think it’s funny, hold her and pick her up. But when Ethan tantrums we scold him. Aha! So that’s what was unfair!

Here’s the thing. Ethan and Mikala’s personalities are just completely different. Ethan when he was a baby only cried when it was something important. Mikala cries about everything. She’s a very happy and joyful kid. Just when she doesn’t get her way she throws a tantrum. So I just laugh and smile because she does it all the time. I just think its funny because she’s so over-the-top dramatic. She rolls on the ground, throws her head back and starts screaming. Thinking about it now, I guess that sort of thing is only funny to the parents. We call her “Drama Queen”. 

Ethan was so good when it came to not throwing tantrums. He never threw tantrums. When we would say “no” that was it. When we had to go that was it. When he got a little older we could reason with him. “no more candy because it will make your teeth rot” he would say “make your teeth rot?” and that would be the end of it. When we tell Mikala “no” it’s time for her to bring out the dramatics. I realize now, I gotta raise this little girl well or she is just going to wrap some poor guy around her little finger. Poor guy!

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