As a parent, it occasionally becomes obvious that something is deeply unsettling to my children. "Tickets" apparently are the scariest thing ever.
Last year, at the end of school this picture was in the packet of Ellie's artwork sent home by the teachers. In case you are wondering, Ellie's art reads: NO PARKING. IF YOU PARK YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. NO PARKING. I guess I'm slightly dramatic when I get parking tickets.
However, I knew the fear was spreading when we were at the airport a couple weeks ago, and Alex and I mentioned to Ellie and Nico that we had to get our tickets before we could get on the airplane. Nico instantly started sobbing and saying, "But I don't want the police to come!! I don't want the police to come!!" It took a few minutes, but we were finally able to convince him that these were "good" tickets.
Maybe for therapy we should get movie tickets every few weeks.
6 comments:
That is pretty funny. Question: exactly how many tickets do you guys get?
Actually, we don't really get that many tickets... but apparently enough to stress my kids out.
Ahh, well then perhaps you should try getting more tickets, that way they might feel more blase about the whole thing. Take for example Rob, he gets a lot of tickets and the last one (in Wyoming), the cop had a Mountie-like hat on and Scout kept yelling from the back seat "Hi Farmer Jones! Hey Farmer Jones, look at my picture!" (She was coloring). Rob was quite proud of her, said she was already a little baby wise guy.
Rob's animosity towards cops runs very deep.
Well, it seems to be a rational phobia if my memories are correct. I think you must have set a record at BYU for the most parking tickets ever! I recently got a red-light camera ticket (which I am contesting) and Ryan was convinced that I would be going to jail for it.
That's funny. You must really put up a fuss when you get a ticket! And are the tickets for speeding? Ooo, I hope so.
My kids aren't afraid so much of tickets, but are afraid of werewolves because Ernie told them that werewolves are human wolves that come out at night and eat dirty children that are not in bed. Painted a nice clear picture for them (which, ahem, has proven effective) So tickets are nothing. My kids just fear for their lives. :)
And Em, I love that story about Farmer Jones. Way to go, Scout.
Hannah had to have this same discussion.
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