Role-Playing vs Real Life

Just as I sat down to play at the computer, I became aware of Banshee's chatterings. She's quietly and happily sitting about 5 feet away from me playing Barbies (totally off on a tangent here . . . but just TRY to envision 13.5 years worth of Barbie "stuff" - yeah - impossible). Listening to her, I smiled numerous times and even giggled aloud as she gave her 'little barbies' trouble, or tried to 'reason' with them, as I often hear myself coming out in her during her role play . Funny stuff (and at times embarrasing). It's times like this where I realize that she IS listening and does understand what we're saying to her.

As she's playing out a heated situation that unfolded in our house (involving the teen), I became VERY aware of why young children are not parents or are not given any sort of responsibility. Banshee's teen Barbie and Mom Barbie (I'd like to point out that even though Mom Barbie has no feet - she is definitely one good lookin' woman - and despite her footless handicap - she can haul-ass in the imaginative world of Banshee) conversation was getting VERY heated (complete with the "please don't roll your eyes at me" comment from Mom and the "WHAT-EVA" comment from the teen). Banshee was very much getting into her role-play and wound up getting really worked up - and in the heat of the battle . . . she THREW the teen Barbie across the room and told her (teen Barbie) that she was out of luck and would have to find a new family to badger and roll her eyes at. Then she asked teen Barbie if she'd like some help packing her stuff (but pointed out that she would have to leave the purple track pants behind - lol!). Then, very calmly, she turns to the bucket of Barbies, picks up another one, and gently asks in a her sweet Mom Barbie voice "would you like to be my new teenager girl?" to which New Teen Barbie says "yes". Then in a voice of authority Mom Barbie says "OK . . . but don't even THINK of rolling your eyes and not sweeping the floor because I'll KICK. YOUR. BUTT".

Really?! That's how she perceives the 'discussions' in our house? LOL! What a nutbar! Although our discussions don't go *quite* that way, the general 'idea' is there . . . don't do your jobs and you pay the consequences.

But really . . . just tossing the 'naughty' teen and getting a new one . . . what exactly *IS* she trying to say?! THAT my friends, is left up to YOUR imagination.