Huh. Not sure this worked.

So we learned about doing unto others as you would have them do to you. Good in concept. However, something got lost in the translation and now they are doing TO others what they DID to you . Tried to remedy it but have not succeeded well.

So I hear Erica cry out and Ryan say - YOU KICKED ME!!! So I point toward the bathroom (the place of discipline) to both of them, not sure what I was going to do. We get in there and spontaneously I say to Erica - Hit him. She looks at me and smacks him in the arm. Ryan looks at me - I say, Hit her. Then to Erica, Hit him. Ryan, Hit her. Back and forth they go - then they start laughing and giggling. I get up and as I am walking out, say, get it out of your system, come out when you are done.

I got to the laundry room next door and listen to them whack on each other - totally laughing. Then I hear Erica say, We are done now, dont you think Ryan? Ryan says (still laughing), Yeah, I am sore. Erica, Yeah, I am sore too, lets go. They go laughing down the hall back to their projects that I had assigned.

I dont know if it was right, but it worked in this moment and maybe they will think about how they treat each other more???

All for input on this one...