{"id":515,"date":"2007-01-20T06:56:14","date_gmt":"2007-01-20T12:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2007\/child-claims-he-doesnt-need-candy.html"},"modified":"2007-01-18T20:06:24","modified_gmt":"2007-01-19T02:06:24","slug":"child-claims-he-doesnt-need-candy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2007\/child-claims-he-doesnt-need-candy.html","title":{"rendered":"¡Child claims he doesn’t need candy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other night we went down the street to the local convenience store (OXXO<\/a>) to get some milk.  Nathanael and I went, so that we could have some man-talk time.<\/p>\n

Nathanael, as is his custom, walked around the store touching everything that he could get away with touching and speculating on whether or not we needed those chips or that granola bar or this … oops!  Don’t touch THAT!<\/p>\n

I went to the counter to pay.  Convenience store counters in your<\/em> area are probably much like this one.  Placed within easy grab on the front of the counter are chocolate bars, gum, and other types of candy.  Nathanael was convinced he needed a package of candy, and so he took it out and told me all about it and placed in on the counter.<\/p>\n

As is my<\/em> custom, I let him know that indeed he did not <\/em>need the candy.  So I taught him how to say “no necesito” – I don’t need<\/em> (this).  So he started saying,”No necesito” while he took out the candy.  And placed it on the counter.<\/p>\n

No, he didn’t get the candy.  (After all, he quite rightly insisted that he “didn’t need it”!)<\/p>\n

That night we were eating a delicious turkey casserole.  And deviled eggs.  He didn’t want his egg, and he smushed it on the table.  We told him that he needs to keep food he doesn’t want on his plate, not on the table.  He didn’t get the point, telling us that he was done.  Then he pushed the egg onto his plate, crying,”\u00c2\u00a1No necesito!”<\/p>\n

I guess he understood more than I thought…<\/p>\n

(This is a good thing<\/a>, right?!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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