Are You Forcing Me?
For some reason the last week was the week Isaac discovered his free will. Its not that he has not been willful before, but for some reason he now wants to know if you are trying to make him do something.
"Isaac, lets go to the movies."
"Are you forcing me?"
"Isaac, do you want a popiscle?"
"Are you forcing me?"
"Isaac, you have to go pee before we leave."
"Are you forcing me?"
Almost every comment made to him gets this response. And so we have to explain to him the difference between a request (can you?) and a command (you must). But language is a funny thing and so sometimes a question sounds like a command (while yelling back into sticks and rocks: "ISAAC DO YOU WANT TO GO FOR A BIKE RIDE?") and sometimes a question is a command (Do you want me to come over there?). Its complicated, I get it.
So I am okay with him adding yet another question to his almost exclusively question-based conversations. He needs to know--are you forcing him?
"Isaac, lets go to the movies."
"Are you forcing me?"
"Isaac, do you want a popiscle?"
"Are you forcing me?"
"Isaac, you have to go pee before we leave."
"Are you forcing me?"
Almost every comment made to him gets this response. And so we have to explain to him the difference between a request (can you?) and a command (you must). But language is a funny thing and so sometimes a question sounds like a command (while yelling back into sticks and rocks: "ISAAC DO YOU WANT TO GO FOR A BIKE RIDE?") and sometimes a question is a command (Do you want me to come over there?). Its complicated, I get it.
So I am okay with him adding yet another question to his almost exclusively question-based conversations. He needs to know--are you forcing him?