“Say you’re sorry!” My oldest son had his face about two inches from his little brother’s.<\/p>\n
“I did!” his little brother said, pushing him away.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure what crime had been committed by the little guy. but we’ve been trying to get them to work things out themselves, so I did my best to fade into the woodwork.<\/p>\n
“Well I didn’t hear it.” My oldest crossed his arms. “Not even the ‘sss’ part!”<\/p>\n
“Okay.”<\/p>\n
“Say you’re sorry!”<\/p>\n
My youngest nodded, the picture of reasonableness. “I’m sorry you didn’t hear me say sorry.”<\/p>\n
“Okay,” I said, breaking things up.<\/p>\n
I suppose I shouldn’t have, but I knew how I would have responded to that line, and I didn’t want to have to yell at my oldest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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