We read a book called William's doll yesterday. it is on the library's list of 50 top picks for young children. This conversation happened after we read the book.
Me: So William's grandmother told his father, William wants a doll to carry and cuddle and put to bed and take to the park, so that he can practice to be a good daddy.
Anjali: Mummy, did daddy have a doll like William when he was a baby so that he could have practiced to be a good daddy?
Me: I think so, yes. That is why daddy is a good daddy.
Anjali: No mummy, daddy is a bad daddy
Me: Why do you say that?
Anjali: Because daddy spanks me. So he is bad
Me: Well, but daddy buys you big icecreams and takes you on long elevator rides and everything.
Anjali (cautiously): Yes...
Me: So he is a good daddy.
Anjali: Sometimes he is good and sometimes he is bad.
I decided to go back to the spanking. In our home, i knew that spanking usually means a pat in the bottom.
Me: When did daddy spank you?
Anjali: That day, when I pushed Sophia
Then we went back to the hugging recipe.
Me: So William's grandmother told his father, William wants a doll to carry and cuddle and put to bed and take to the park, so that he can practice to be a good daddy.
Anjali: Mummy, did daddy have a doll like William when he was a baby so that he could have practiced to be a good daddy?
Me: I think so, yes. That is why daddy is a good daddy.
Anjali: No mummy, daddy is a bad daddy
Me: Why do you say that?
Anjali: Because daddy spanks me. So he is bad
Me: Well, but daddy buys you big icecreams and takes you on long elevator rides and everything.
Anjali (cautiously): Yes...
Me: So he is a good daddy.
Anjali: Sometimes he is good and sometimes he is bad.
I decided to go back to the spanking. In our home, i knew that spanking usually means a pat in the bottom.
Me: When did daddy spank you?
Anjali: That day, when I pushed Sophia
Then we went back to the hugging recipe.
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