Our Wendy a while back learned how to open the clips of the harness that kept her securely in her car seat, and it was scary. We have all had to deal with it, and on one occasion she was spanked because she got out of her car seat and tried to open the car door while the car was moving.
(As an aside, spanking is the last resort and only used to reinforce very serious lessons like this one. She had undone her seat straps several times over a period of weeks and had been scolded and firmly told off. This event was a bridge too far and the spanking worked because nothing like this has happened since. It was considered that it was a lesson that was essential for safety sake, and we are sorry it took a spanking to get the lesson home.)
She had three of her dolls on the back seat and when the car began moving she became upset and began shouting "Stop, daddy, stop. Baby not safe. Stop, daddy. Baby!" So Nigel stopped the car and fastened Wendy's 'babies' with the seat belt, and she was satisfied so Nigel was allowed to drive on. It was a funny and endearing little incident, but it was also reassuring that the lesson really has sunk in.
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