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Mommy Talk
I laugh so I don't cry
Posted by:
mlaehr on
September 7, 2007 at
10:41AM CST
I have decided to laugh at my children. Recently I’ve made a conscious decision to start finding more amusement in the naughty things my 4 and 5 year old boys do. If for no other reason than to keep myself sane. I admit, they are NAUGHTY sometimes. Perhaps it’s because there are two of them, but there are days I just can’t get a moments peace. They have literally bounced circles around me before. They get into stuff they’re not supposed to. They don’t listen when I tell them to do something. They yell when their baby sister is sleeping. They do and say things they know are wrong. And I just can’t keep up. Last week my mother was watching my children. She had also invited my aunt and a family friend over for lunch. After lunch, the baby was put down for a nap and the ladies decided to sit outside with ice tea while my boys played in the backyard. My dad had hooked up the sprinkler for them, which they played in gleefully for about 30 minutes. The trouble began when one of them (I don’t know which one) decided they should unhook the hose from the sprinkler and put the spray nozzle on. My mom had gone inside to get the baby, who had woken up. My aunt and my mother’s friend told my boys not to unhook the hose. Surprise, surprise, they didn’t listen. I’ll make a long story short by saying that my mother’s friend ended up with soaking wet shorts, and when she told my parents what had happened, my boys called her, "a big baby." Had I been there, the boys would have been put promptly in time out, made to apologize and been grounded from the sprinkler. I was not. My mother was in charge, which means the boys got a stern talking to as she paused momentarily to turn her head and laugh. What could I do? I laughed too. Then I called my mom’s friend to apologize. I often hear calls for parents to be more strict with their children. I am pretty strict. My kids don’t get away with a lot. But I also want them to enjoy their childhood. And some days I feel like to do more scolding than hugging. In fact, I think I had one too many of those days this summer. So I’ll continue to be strict. But I’m also learning to laugh at my kids, even when it’s naughty. I believe that they will grow out of the naughty stage. After all, I did. -Marci
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