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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 368448" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p><em>I'd love to tell her that she has to pay for it but she's only 4.5 years old chronologically (developmentally she's 1 year old). I do do that with my older kids who do get an allowance though.</em> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reminds me of the time my easy child decided to "help" me illustrate a book on internal parasites. I had done intricate b&w drawings, and she used red marker, the only color that photographs as black for printing. I called the publisher in tears and he calmed me down and gave me a 2-wk extension. I ended up taking the illustrations to a professional printer, who somehow made a series of copies that turned the red into yellow, and then eventually, was able to overexpose the drawings until they were back to normal. Cost me a bit of profit, for sure.</p><p>But my daughter is truly artistic, and is now in college, double majoring in art and psychology.</p><p>Maybe your difficult child will become a home improvement specialist? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 368448, member: 3419"] [I]I'd love to tell her that she has to pay for it but she's only 4.5 years old chronologically (developmentally she's 1 year old). I do do that with my older kids who do get an allowance though.[/I] Reminds me of the time my easy child decided to "help" me illustrate a book on internal parasites. I had done intricate b&w drawings, and she used red marker, the only color that photographs as black for printing. I called the publisher in tears and he calmed me down and gave me a 2-wk extension. I ended up taking the illustrations to a professional printer, who somehow made a series of copies that turned the red into yellow, and then eventually, was able to overexpose the drawings until they were back to normal. Cost me a bit of profit, for sure. But my daughter is truly artistic, and is now in college, double majoring in art and psychology. Maybe your difficult child will become a home improvement specialist? :winking: [/QUOTE]
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