My little big girl Ellie, sweet as she is, can be very clingy sometimes. Whenever we go to some new place, she climbs on to my lap and wraps her arms around me. At times, she clings to me even at home, almost all through the day. I tried talking to her, explaining to her, even being a little stern but nothing worked for too long.
One evening as were driving back from some place, she decided she wanted to sit on my lap again. It was dark and she must've been tired, so she whined and whined. All my attempts to reason with her were met with more whining. Then daddy told her a story about the mommy birds and the baby birds, and how the mommy birds push the baby birds out of the nest not because they don't love them but because mommy bird knows that the baby birds need to become independent and learn to fly. The whining stopped as Ellie listened to the story intently. And we had a peaceful ride home after that.
As luck would have it, I found this lovely clip in my mailbox today and I played it for her. I think she finally understood...
Thanks for stopping by,
JD
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