3/16/26 SLICE OF LIFE P3 - WHAT LIFE LESSON DID YOU LEARN POST PUNISHMENT?

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We're going to check it with my daughter, JD.

Her punishment is almost up.

About to get her iPads back.

Let's see if she learned her lesson.

She's so back to you.

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Hello.

Hello, Joseph.

Yes.

Do you still have the kids with you?

Um, yeah, I'm about to stop them off.

All right, can we speak to Gia really quick?

Gia, yes.

Thanks, Bob.

This is so professional.

It's for petting you.

Yes, ma'am.

Hi, pal.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the morning mess.

My daughter, Gia Bella.

Gia, Gia.

Hi.

Hi, baby.

You ready for school?

Yeah.

Hey, we wanted to check up on you.

Because remember, you were punished

without iPad for a week.

Mm-hmm.

How did it go?

What did you learn from that?

Did not put nail polish on the chair.

Not put nail polish on the chair.

But remember, I told you I was proud that you

told me the truth, right?

Because you could have lied.

You'd be like, I don't know who did that.

Maybe it was Cruz, even though he

doesn't paint his nails.

What did you tell me the truth?

So proud of you.

So without an iPad, how do you feel?

Like, I think one of the biggest questions

everyone had, what did she do when she wasn't on her iPad?

I did my homework, then I went in bed with you.

She did her homework.

She went into the bed with me, and we kind of like,

we watched some shows.

Yeah.

OK.

I read some books.

She did read some books.

OK, nice.

You did?

What did you organize, do you?

The pantry.

She went to organize a pantry.

And did that go well?

We didn't get to follow.

She did a really good job.

I love that.

All the labels were targeted out.

She put all the cans on the second drawer.

And she did a really good job.

Wow, well done, do you?

Yeah.

And yet, last night, you organized the what?

The refrigerator.

She did the refrigerator.

Also, my girl was working.

Yeah.

I hope she gets in trouble more often.

Did you like not having your iPad gear?

Or did you miss it?

Um, you could be honest.

Yeah.

I missed it.

And that's OK.

What's the first app you jump on when you get your iPad back?

FaceTime.

FaceTime.

Where are you FaceTime-in-with?

My friends.

My friends.

My friends.

Give your friends a shout out.

Go ahead.

Take a look at everything.

They're just FaceTiming and just showing you

what they're doing.

Wonder what was bringing a book.

The other one was like playing a video game.

They just like, yeah, just FaceTime.

One of those days, they're going to turn into hot T-Sessions.

Yeah.

Once they're a little older.

Yeah.

What do you guys talk about?

Do you talk about boys?

No.

No.

OK.

What do you talk about, Gia?

My friends, you talk about random stuff.

Well, all right.

We just wanted to know what you learned about being

punished and not being with an iPad.

OK.

Well, I'll see you later.

You get your iPad back tomorrow.

And I love you.

I'm glad you took your punishment like a champ.

And no more nail polish, any furniture.

OK.

OK.

Bye.

Bye.

I love you.

I love you.

End of a Mexican song.

Done, done.

She's like, I have places to be.

I know.

I did my time.

I'm FaceTime with my friends.

I did my time.

I did my time.

Yeah.

And that's Jail with Gia.

Pretty much.

She's with her mom today.

And then she's with me tomorrow.

So I'll give her the iPad back tomorrow.

Did you really see a difference?

Because that'd be my wonder.

Like did you notice anything?

Stimulation.

Yeah.

I mean, she hangs out with me a lot.

She is truly a daddy's girl.

She loves being with me.

But without the iPad, she was cuddled up with me.

Because I got the new comforter.

That comforter I was talking about.

Instagram got me that mellow comforter.

She loves that thing.

So we cuddled up.

And we watched our favorite show,

Benjwatching that show called The Middle.

We watched that.

And I think she took a whistling.

Because I was here a little.

She was bored.

Oh, you know what to do.

Walking around that.

And she knew not to say she was bored.

Couldn't do that.

She knew better.

Because you know when you were literally like,

I'm bored, then your parents gave you something to do.

Oh, you're bored.

Go pick up the dog poop in the backyard.

You know, she's smarter than that.

Dude, my mom had a saying, there's always something to do.

She took up dad's whistling real quick.

Oh, man, I wonder if you're going to be like even more

stern with your punishment because you

want the reorganization of the crib.

No, I'm just going to find out stuff she's doing around.

Yeah, my pantry and refrigerator never looked that good.

You're like, hmm, once they're dirty again,

be like, what is Gia doing around?

What are you guys talking about?

No.

Talk about boys.

To the pantry you go.

I love her so much.

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