PRACTICE THAT ISN'T PERFECT TRIGGERS FAMILY DISCORD DEAR CR- ABBY: My wife and I disagree about how to handle a problem with our 6-year-old daughter, "Emily," who has not been practicing her piano lessons as diligently as we would like. After her last lesson, I told my wife that I didn't think Emily did very well.My wife thinks we should deny Emily her bedtime snack. I disagree. I feel that practicing the piano is a responsibility, and Emily should not be punished. Failure to be responsible has its own consequences. What do you think?
-- AT ODDS IN AUSTIN
Dear Lone Star Loon,
You wrote 6 sentences and I feel like writing you 6 paragraphs; all of which would say "She's only 6 f-ing years old", but in enough languages so that you and Stage Mom Wannabe don't miss the message. So please chill-out and try not to f-up little Emily, we don't need another stressed out Texan vying to please Daddy.
Cr-Abby gets that children need to be introduced to responsibility in stages that hopefully culminates in a functioning adult. That said, music is a gift to be enjoyed,...not turned into Drill Sargent fodder.If she isn't into piano, find out what she might like to do...if nothing,...that's okay too. Maybe she can go crazy and I don't know,..maybe play at the park with other 6 year-olds and chat about how f-d up their parents are.
How did you teach her to walk and talk?....Scooby Snacks?
Pull your head out and then reach in an inch or two further and grab your wife's cranium too,...you two should go to bed tonight without your snacks!!!
Cr-Abby has a prescription for you two; rent the movie "Best in Show",...and pay special attention to the couple who wear braces and dote over a dog and lose their cookies over a missing dog toy....smell like you two to me.
Now Git,
Cr-Abby
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