Unfortunately we had our first encounter with Stealing yesterday afternoon!
I was cleaning up Isabella's tote bag and I found this shield. Our conversation went something like this:
- Me: Bella, Do you know what this is?
- Bella: Yes...it is Am (pause), I mean just something we found.
- Me: Isabella, are you lying to me? Did you steal this from Amar?
- Bella: Yes, Mom. But Mariah told me to take it.
- Me: Isabella, I don't care who told you to take something. You never steal from someone else. Would you be happy if your friend stole something from you?
- Bella: No, Mom.
- Me: Would that be a good friend??
- Bella: No, Mom.
- Me: Taking something from a friend is not nice Isabella and God does not like that you have done that.
- Bella: I know Mom. I will write Amar a note to say I am sorry and I will give it back to her tomorrow. Note: Sorry Amar. I am sorry. Mariah took your shield first and I picked it up (something like that..Lol).
So I am proud of Isabella and I think she learned her lesson. Then I go to drop her off at school this morning and we give the note to Amar. I talk to Amar's Mom and she says, "OH...this is just something they found on the ground before school when they were playing treasure hunt...so it isn't really Amars!"
Oops! I guess I might have overreacted and Bella was telling me the truth when she said it was just something they found, but I wanted her to know how important it is to tell the truth and not steal.
Valentine #10 - DOTS!!!! I can't believe I only have 4 more Valentine's left to give...those 14 days have gone by FAST!
2 comments:
YUM! I love dots!!!! I am glad Bella tried to do the right thing, and you too mommy.
Her note is so cute! What a good mama....
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