Now, back to my Sabrina. When she gets an idea stuck in her mind there is just no altering. She decided she wants to go to Chocolate World for her birthday party. Take a few friends with. When I explained that it costs over $1000 just for our family to fly to Pennsylvania and that she couldn’t go there for her birthday, she was very upset. She argued with me all the way to school. You see, she doesn’t WANT to go to the pizza parlor or the bowling alley for her party. But if she can’t go to Chocolate World, she did decide that Golfland would work. Got a little ticked at me when I told her none of her friends’ parents would let their kid drive 4 ½ hours to the Bay Area for mini-golf. So, I told her what her options were. Nearly in tears, she exclaimed, “It’s MY birthday and you're giving ME options?!” At school, it took her 10 minutes to get out of the car. She took so long, the bell rang to go to class. I did get out of her that she wanted me to walk her to class. By the time we got there, her teacher had already started (she starts early), so I wasn’t about to follow her in. She walked through the door and never looked back. I heard from her teacher the next day (saw her in the drugstore – the fun of living in a small town) that she was at her desk in tears. Sabrina told her it was because her mom didn’t give her a hug and a kiss. And no, her teacher’s hug and kiss would not be good enough. She may get stubborn and hard to reason with, but after an argument, she needs to make sure you still love her.