“ What happens depends on how bad they were. If they stole something they could go to jail...which is kinda like time out except you stay there for years and people there are mean. But saying something rude could just make your friends uncomfortable and wanna leave. ”
“ Oh...See, time out is a safe consequence. If you took SS's snack, you go to time out so you can think about why its bad. If a Grown up took your snack, they would get in a LOT more trouble and they don't get time to think about it. ”
Well. Uh.
Sigh.
﹙The best course of action is to explain it in a boring way that doesn't make them want to say it for attention, but how do they actually phrase this??﹚
I don't usually care what the parents say but sometimes Jessica's mom says "the robot" when I'm right there and I don't think she realizes I can understand she is talking about me.