Inside I feel bad. I love Daddy and taking some of his change is wrong, but I do it anyway. It’s easy.
I slip back out of the room, feeling different. Just having Daddy’s money makes me feel better.
I hide the change in my bedroom, like Mother hides the cookies and crackers in the kitchen. On the walk home from school tomorrow, I‘ll buy my own snacks.
~Madeline
Okay, what is Madeline's worldview? Choose from one of the four selections to the right of this entry. Worldview suggests how you have made up your mind, how you keep your mind, and how you are "mindful" in every interaction in every moment of your life. It's a good thing to know.
POST NOTE: 23 readers voted and the correct answer is in red.
1. I'm a sneaky person. - 8%
2. I get what I want. - 34%
3. I have to get it right. - 17%
4. I'm always in charge. - 39%
( Please read "Give me some sugar, Daddy" to see what makes #3 the correct answer.)
10 comments:
Some observations: Daddy leaves his money in the open; Mother hides the cookies in the kitchen. Madeline especially notes that she takes the money with her RIGHT hand, the masculine side of the body. She hides the money like Mother hides the cookies. She may think this puts her in charge, but I wonder about boundary issues. Where is her true power?
A good question Joyce...but are you on the right track? Hmmmmm...we'll have to wait and see. Thanks so much for weighing in and sharing your observations!
Guess I'm getting rusty from being on leave. I changed my first instinct, a Thinkwrite no-no! By the way, when I posted, my nickname didn't work. Think I know what I did wrong, so I may show up under a different name in the future.
I'm thinking "I get what I want"
but I can't explain exactly why. I think it's the last line.
Hi Candis! Annie sent me your way. I voted for "I get what I want" because Madeline knows it is easy to get Daddy's money, and since she knows where Mommy hides the cookies, she must have access to them. She plans to buy whatever she wants the next day. That girl knows how to get what she wants.
Joyce, Captainwow, Little David....love, love, LOVE your comments. Please come back in a couple of days for a peek behind the curtain...:-).
I think she's both sneaky and set on getting her way. Is there a "both A & B" option?? Ha!
I did not look at the comments before I voted and now I am surprised to see that my vote was the same as my friends Captainwow (don't you just love that name?) and little david!
For some reason, I feel badly about voting for "I get what I want". Daddy would probably give her the change if she asked, why does she sneak and take it? Do her actions indicate an attitude of "whatever I want is more important than anything else, and it does not matter how I get what I want?" (See why I feel badly about my vote?
Another (kinder) perspective could be that she has unmet needs and this is her way of dealing with them. Daddy's money, for whatever reason is a comfort to her. But then again, she is going to turn loose of Daddy's money to buy her own snacks. Does she feel left out? Are the hidden snacks a comfort to Mother and daughter is following the same path of self-comfort with snacks.
I like my kinder perspective better, and wonder if there is not something there. Her memory could also indicate that she is adept at taking care of herself even when others around her (who should be taking care of her--her parents) are not doing so.
Wow, I am in an opinionated mood this afternoon!
I voted " I get what I want" from getting the money to getting the snacks the next day. What puzzles me though is why having "stolen" money of her dads in her pocket would make her feel better as opposed to feeling regretful or shameful?????
Also, I agree with Joyce on the notation of the RIGHT hand being significant in some way but not too clear on why.
Will definitely "tune" in after the poll is closed to see the worldview of this one.
Annie,
Remember the game "hot or cold?" If you and I were playing that game, I would saying to you, "Okay, you're getting warmer...warmer...and now you're really hot! Especially like your comment that reads..."Another (kinder) perspective could be that she has unmet needs and this is her way of dealing with them."
Also, I like your final comment that says, in part "...she is adept at taking care of herself even when others around her (who should be taking care of her--her parents) are not doing so."
But how did you vote?
Stay tuned:-) Believe you will enjoy the next post.
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