Another kid story to pass along about the (grand-) parenting power of No. 

A proud grandfather shared this story with me. His 5 year old grandson found the No book on their coffee table. He picked it up, curious about the cover and held it out to his grandma and asked “Can you read me a story?” Grandma looked at him, smiled, opened the book No and began to read the first page – the story of the young four year old and the Target melt down.

The grandson loved the story and their chat together about the “gimmies”. He now calls it the No Book, and wanted to take it home so that his parents could read him more stories. Needless to say the grandparents gave him their copy. But they found they had to buy another copy because at their grandson’s next visit, he asked for another story and chat from the No Book.

Saying No when we need to is not always easy, but kids continue to teach us that it’s the right thing to do.