attaching

Calvin lied to me about brushing his teeth. If I was not exhausted and frustrated with Fudge I may not of gotten mad about the lying, but I did. I told him he would practice brushing until told otherwise. He started brushing and I got my book. I had read about a chapter when he asked to stop brushing, I said no. I read another page and then stopped him to talk it through. We talked about his choices and I said that I was upset about the lying and the sneaky behaviour. He began to cry and looked for comfort from me, we talked about what happened and what would happen if it continued. He showed an appropriate amount of remorse for getting in trouble and for working hard to make me notice him. I am not sure what the motivation behind the lying was and I am to tired to figure it out but we worked it out and there was no rage, I'll settle for tears instead of a rage any day.