Theo likes to stir up trouble at the lunch table at school. Often he uses potty talk to do so, but sometimes he finds other ways to try to incite a riot among his peers. Today, he came home from school with a nearly full lunchbox, and I knew he must've been stirring up trouble and lost his lunch privileges. So we had a chat:
Me: Theo, why didn't you eat your lunch?
Theo: I was all done.
Me: Oh, you weren't hungry?
Theo: No, Miss Jessica said I was all done.
Me: Why did she say you were all done?
Theo: Because I wasn't behaving at the lunch table.
Me: I see. And what were you doing?
Theo: I was stomping my feet.
Me: Didn't Teacher Amanda tell you to use quiet legs, quiet body at the lunch table?
Theo: Yes.
Me: So why were you stomping your feet?
Theo: Because I wanted my friends to stomp their feet. I was doing a lesson for them.
Ah, I see. Foot-stomping has been a problem in the past, so I know full well that Teacher Amanda has specifically told Theo not to stomp his feet at lunch...and I know that he knows not to do it. Last week, he attempting to blame lunchtime foot-stomping on an imaginary friend. I see that this week he has moved on to the "I'll pretend I'm the teacher so I'm above the law" strategy. Well-played, Theo, well-played... Alas, Miss Jessica enforced the law anyway, so he came home a hungry little boy.
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