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Help[Games] Re: Create-A-Family
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Judah and Joey are identical, and they are very alike. Strong. Independent. Daring. Competetive. They always want to do the same thing the other is doing, only better. If Judah is running, Joey will try to run faster. If Joey is playing with a ball, Judah will get hold of it and throw it as hard as he can. Half the time they end up fighting. Hannah is scared of them. Dori seems to enjoy egging them on when she's bored. She makes offhand comments like "Judah can hop more than Joey" or "Joey can climb higher than Judah."
There's so much space on the farm, but the boys are always in each other's. Climbing the same tree. Chasing the same bug. Playing with the same toy. They can't leave well enough alone and do different activities; if one brother is doing something, the other one has to do it. If one actually gets the upper hand, the other will attack him. They're covered with bruises from fists, bites, and just trying to do things they shouldn't, like climbing the spaceship or running down the stairs. "I think Judah can run down the stairs faster," Dori said....
Then one day, Judah started to game the system. Dori said, "I bet Joey can build a higher tower." Judah watched Joey build a tower twelve blocks high and then said, "I've built bigger," and walked away. Joey stared after him... then attacked him. "Mom, Joey's hitting me." Jael separated them, and of course punished Joey.
Dori tried again. "Judah can run to the end of the driveway faster." Joey ran to the end and back. Judah said, "Yeah. That was slow." So Joey bit Judah, and got in trouble again. All day long Dori suggested challenges, Joey performed them, and Judah simply asserted he could do better. And then Joey would try to beat him up, and their mom would intervene. A day turned into a week. Jael was at her wits' end. She knew Joey wasn't the only one involved, but he was the only one doing anything to anyone else. Peter couldn't figure out how to make them stop, either. Hannah wouldn't be around Joey anymore--if the other three were outside (they were always together) she would hide inside and play with baby Beth; if her siblings came in she would go outside and catch bugs or draw in the dirt or watch the baby calves play.
Dori and Judah would laugh at their brother in time out. Jael put them all in time out in different rooms, but as soon as they were up, Dori and Judah would goad Joey again... or even just give each other a look that set him off.
DH: Peter Silas Aaron Jr. [12/11/2047] "Pete" (23)
DW: Jael Jescha (Lael) Aaron [8/18/2048] "Jael" (22)
DS/DS/DD/DD: Josiah Peter Aaron [3/30/2057] "Joey" (3)
Judah Gabriel Aaron [3/30/2057] "Judah" (3)
Hannah Carmel Aaron [3/30/2057] "Hannah" (3)
Deborah Lydia Aaron [3/30/2057] "Dori" (3)
DD: Helah Elizabeth Aaron [3/30/2059] "Beth" (1)
Judah and Joey are identical, and they are very alike. Strong. Independent. Daring. Competetive. They always want to do the same thing the other is doing, only better. If Judah is running, Joey will try to run faster. If Joey is playing with a ball, Judah will get hold of it and throw it as hard as he can. Half the time they end up fighting. Hannah is scared of them. Dori seems to enjoy egging them on when she's bored. She makes offhand comments like "Judah can hop more than Joey" or "Joey can climb higher than Judah."
There's so much space on the farm, but the boys are always in each other's. Climbing the same tree. Chasing the same bug. Playing with the same toy. They can't leave well enough alone and do different activities; if one brother is doing something, the other one has to do it. If one actually gets the upper hand, the other will attack him. They're covered with bruises from fists, bites, and just trying to do things they shouldn't, like climbing the spaceship or running down the stairs. "I think Judah can run down the stairs faster," Dori said....
Then one day, Judah started to game the system. Dori said, "I bet Joey can build a higher tower." Judah watched Joey build a tower twelve blocks high and then said, "I've built bigger," and walked away. Joey stared after him... then attacked him. "Mom, Joey's hitting me." Jael separated them, and of course punished Joey.
Dori tried again. "Judah can run to the end of the driveway faster." Joey ran to the end and back. Judah said, "Yeah. That was slow." So Joey bit Judah, and got in trouble again. All day long Dori suggested challenges, Joey performed them, and Judah simply asserted he could do better. And then Joey would try to beat him up, and their mom would intervene. A day turned into a week. Jael was at her wits' end. She knew Joey wasn't the only one involved, but he was the only one doing anything to anyone else. Peter couldn't figure out how to make them stop, either. Hannah wouldn't be around Joey anymore--if the other three were outside (they were always together) she would hide inside and play with baby Beth; if her siblings came in she would go outside and catch bugs or draw in the dirt or watch the baby calves play.
Dori and Judah would laugh at their brother in time out. Jael put them all in time out in different rooms, but as soon as they were up, Dori and Judah would goad Joey again... or even just give each other a look that set him off.
DH: Peter Silas Aaron Jr. [12/11/2047] "Pete" (23)
DW: Jael Jescha (Lael) Aaron [8/18/2048] "Jael" (22)
DS/DS/DD/DD: Josiah Peter Aaron [3/30/2057] "Joey" (3)
Judah Gabriel Aaron [3/30/2057] "Judah" (3)
Hannah Carmel Aaron [3/30/2057] "Hannah" (3)
Deborah Lydia Aaron [3/30/2057] "Dori" (3)
DD: Helah Elizabeth Aaron [3/30/2059] "Beth" (1)
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