Back from my 13 hour workday. Am very impressed that I survived.
Conclusions:
The three things you need to work well with children: Good peacemaking skills (this is essential, especially when dealing with siblings), a sense of the dramatic, and (perhaps most important of all) a strong stomach.
Child # 1: (sobbing) I don't
want to go to bed!! I'm not tired! (screams)
Me (after 10 hours of workday): (burst into louder sobs) NO! I WANT YOU TO GO TO BED! (SCREAMS AND WAILS (sarcastically, of course))
Child #1: *blinks* Okay. *pats me on arm* It's okay.
*bows* Thank you, thank you very much.
