My kids should win an award on how great they were in Europe.  But if truth be told, we also had a our share of reprimanding, talking to, and time outs.  The most infamous one went a little like this:
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This was after a fifteen minute stand off.  She had hit, and was asked to say, “I’m sorry”.  Pretty simple right…….not so much.  Icka was determined not to say it.  But little does she know that I was even more determined to have her apologize.  So about 30 minutes in, she finally was quiet for a few moments and then in a sweet little whisper of a voice, she said, “Ssssoooooooorrrrrrrrrrryyyyy.”
And then she got a big celebration, kisses from everyone, and accolades like she won an Olympic gold medal.