Lessons learned from Pee Wee Herman....

and not the gross stuff, just the show!

"I know you are ! but what am I?"

"I am rubber you are glue what you say bounces off me and sticks to you! "



Yesterday I had to pass these valuable lessons on to my children! coping skills are often lacking in my home. Paxton gets called a name, any name, and those especially by Joy make him so mad, and usually he hits or ends up crying, or both. and really some names called aren't my fave, but be real, they aren't so bad either. the normal exchanges are Butt crack,wierdo,ugly, dorkity dork dork (totally made him cry) Dork, idiot, looser, Jerk, turd, and variations of butt names ie, jerk butt, naked butt, dork butt, etc. He fully participates in name calling too, he can dish it out but can't take it! and the other kids call names, and get called names and they let it go, they don't cry, they move on with their lives, Paxton is very sensitive and kind of wussy in the way that he can't let it go and move on , and he holds a grudge and holds on to the memory of those instances where he has been called a name. So yesterday, we had a sit down to discuss, him learning to "let it go" . and this is what i decided to give him as a coping skill. we practiced it, and saying it loud enough to understand, every time anyone gets called a name i coach them on the phrase in case they forgot, and then we move on! and It has really helped, saying these silly annoying phrases, has totally helped them get past the name calling, and it has also reduced the amount of names called because it really isn't that fun when you call someone a name to make them mad, and they essentially bounce it back to you and you are then the dork. and if kids don't get the desired reaction of making someone cry, they stop doing it! oh and i have to say, I never learned how to deflect teasing as a kid, I absorbed it all, internalized it and always gave a grand reaction to whomever was teasing me. Crying, hitting, feeling bad, running away, screaming, all of the greatest reactions a teaser could get for their effort. So i must stop the cycle of being a pathetic crybaby while I can. and teach the kids to cope.

Thank you Pee Wee Herman for teaching us the skills to cope with name calling! visit pee wees playhouse official site here. I clicked on pee wees head and he said one of our new magic phrases!


do your kids call each other names? what names do they use? how did you make them stop?
am i freak for remembering this show? do you remember it? leave me a comment, let me know!