Charlie likes to argue. And by “likes”, I mean that he has it down to an art form. We will ask him to do X, and most days we are confronted with an aggravating yet pleasant “How about I do, Y!” or a simple, more aggravating “No!” In accordance with some parenting techniques we’ve read, we try to cut off these arguments with the phrase “I love you too much to argue. Please do X.” and most of the time it works.
With that as background, my story continues:
The other day I was getting Daniel dressed and Charlie was sitting next to me holding a toy. Daniel wanted the toy Charlie had and was asking him for it. Daniel’s asking turned to whining after Charlie did not comply. After more whining and crying, Charlie looks at Daniel and says, “Daniel, I love you sooo much . . .” Charlie paused and just as I was about to praise him for being sweet to his brother, he added “ . . . to argue with you.”
Cracked me up, Charlie trying to use “Love and Logic” on Daniel.
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