the brat within

She has been so good for the last couple of weeks and I don't know why today she decided to be a brat. We were late today and missed the bus, we saw the bus driving away and I had to drive her to school.

A week ago we've decided to give her an allowance, $10 per 2 weeks. This way she won't bother us about buying a toy every single time we're in a store and also we want to instill in her the value of money.

We also told her that her allowance is a privilege and therefore, if she's being a brat we take away money from her allowance. Today, she had to give me a dollar back. Poor kid! You should have seen her face. She gave it to me and said, "I promise to be good." I just couldn't say no, "Tell you what, if we're not late for karate tomorrow, you can have this dollar back. OK?" plus she only had $3 left and I don't know what she can buy with $3.