Thursday, May 31, 2012

Who gets to push the elevator button?

To a child from a small town,  elevators are giant farm dragons feeding out of the upper stories of barns, corn cribs and grain silos. Great machines that you are not allowed to touch!  When your family goes and stays at a hotel or visits a mall, elevators suddenly become a new thing.  Giant doors that open and close.  All those people crowding in and not talking. All those shiny round buttons on them. Brightly light numbers above the door. A gentle whoosh and a lurch going up and down. What fun!

One fight inevitably ensues.  Who gets to push the button to call the elevator? Who gets to push the floor button and of course if you are at the door to your hotel room, who gets to put in the card to make the door open?  Parent, this could be a fight all stay.  Kids racing up and down the hall to get to be first.  Or..., it could be a good chance to work on taking turns.  It is up to you.  And if you forget, they will probably know.  If they still end up fighting, just start over, using one of the tiebreakers from the blog on "Sour Grapes." 

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