Another Library Visit

Jamel and I made another trip to the library this evening.  When I picked him up he was a little upset that his dog had chewed up one of his library books. The cool thing was that he knew it was his responsibility to pay for it. He was afraid he would be in trouble because he didn't have any money to pay for it today. I told him when we got to the library he would have to tell them what happened and then he would have to work out how he was going to pay for it. Fortunately, the people at the library were very cool about the whole thing. Jamel explained what happened and he worked it out. I was very proud of him. When he told the man that he didn't have money tonight, he was told that he could go ahead and check out more books tonight and pay for the book next time he came in. On the way home we had a great conversation about being up front about things. He explained to me that he knew trying to hide it was not the right thing to do. He also said he learned a lesson about keeping his books away from his dog.

Looks like we're going to try and hook up again Saturday.