The Nanny Diaries, For the first time since I´ve been here, I screamed at the child

Notes: 2 / 1 year ago

For the first time since I´ve been here, I screamed at the child

I had literally tried everything else I could think of. I was nice, I said please, I was firm, I had patience, I bribed him, I threatened him, I told him a tall tale to get him to do what I wanted, I told him I would tell his mom, I tried to make a game out of doing what I wanted him to do and he wasn´t having any of it.

So I screamed. I´m glad I screamed instead of slapping him because I really wanted to slap him. Even after I screamed he still didn´t stop playing and he wouldn´t do what I wanted him to do.

There was only one thing left to do. I ignored him. Completely ignored him. He was screaming at me to look at something and I just kept ignoring him.

Then, miraculously, he stopped playing around, sat in his chair and started eating his lunch.

This is a great lesson in motherhood. I know I shouldn´t let what he does get to me because all he wants is attention. If I keep giving him attention every time he acts out, he´ll keep doing it. But once the attention was gone, the fun (for him) was over.

It scared me that I screamed though.. I was telling my friend Jose that I am going to be a terrible mother because I just don´t have any patience with kids like Haile.. and if I had one like him, I might hurt him. Jose told me that its different when its your kid. I hope he´s right
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