Last week, there was an article in the newspapers that reported a 3-year old boy from China who had a chopstick stuck to his nostril while he was playing, which went into his brain. It was a freak accident and thank God the boy survived. I showed the picture to Alycia and Sherilyn, exaggerated a wee bit on the story to scare them in the hope of deterring them from playing with chopsticks. It worked. I scared them out of their wits. I even threatened rascal #2 that I will stick the picture on the kitchen cabinet so that she will not play with chopsticks again. Alycia was quick to help me cut out the article and stuck it on the kitchen cabinet, hahahahahahaha.... Since that day, none of them dared touch the chopsticks again. I will allow rascal #2 use chopsticks to eat again when she's more matured in her thoughts and outgrows all her mischief.
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yes. sometimes they need visuals to take the matter seriously. I showed the same pic to my girl too.. hmm.. i think i should stick it on my frigde too. she loves playing with chopsticks and toothpicks and that gets me all worked up, worrying n shouting.
omg! didnt know abt that boy, that is so scary. i'm also very paranoid with any stick-like objects, be it fork, spoon, pencil, toothbrush, straws, etc... coz all u need is that small trip and gosh, i dont even want to think of it. i will try and find that boy's pic online and will use it to scare off ryeli too. better be safe than sorry.
Terrible for the poor little boy but at least he's ok. All we can do is learn from other's mistakes and not to repeat them. True story here..my friend's 10 yr old son was sitting in the back of the van and playing with a bamboo skewer that was a fruit kebab and he had finished the fruit pieces. The van hit a bump on the road, he jerks his hand and the skewer goes thru his cheek! Next stop...emergency room at the hosp! He's fine, and will never play ard with a bamboo skewer.
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