The Old Days
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- July
- 26
Sometimes, I don’t think the ways off our parents was so far off. My friend, Karen, told me how her mom would literally wash her mouth out with soap should she talk back or curse. And while I didn’t have that happen to me (thanks, mom!), I NEVER talked to my parents the way my daughters (ok: mainly Corey) does now. This morning I literally felt like putting soap in her mouth when she told me to “chill” because god forbid, I was dropping her off early to camp so I could be at work in time for a meeting. “It’s not always about you,” I told her. “Chill yourself.” “I’m chilled,” she replied, “But tomorrow don’t drop me off so early.”
ARGH! What is it about teenage girls that gets our goat? She knows how to push my buttons—and as a result, stress me out, put ME in a “mood” before I ever sit down at my cubicle (more about cubes later—I’m starting to hate my small space: what MAN invited these???)….
Can you tell it’s “one of those days?”
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nothing wrong with cleaning the Mouth out a wee bit.
Or letting her walk to camp once or twice – that’ll teach her to complain!
Unlike our mothers, we’re sort of concerned that our children like us, not just respect us, for better and for worse. And, we just don’t CARE enough about respect and manners as they did, and our kids sense that. Don’t be so hard on yourself.
in my house it was my father that ruled and he always made it clear that he expected respect – he didn’t care if I liked him, just showed respect no matter how I felt – he made sure I treated my mother appropriately (she didn’t stand up for herself); so I guess what I’m feeling, now that I can look back on what I think I did right and wrong raising my kids, is that we need to be clear about our expectations with our children and verbalize them, including issues of feelings and how we want to be treated
I have left my children standing at the curb and drove away leaving them to walk hom several times over their school years when they gave me attitude; and when they decided to be rude in front of teaches or friends, I promptly told them in front of everyone there how I felt – it stopped it right away – demanding respect and reminding them of it teaches them how to be behave
if they want respect they’ll have to earn it and give it back, no options
Hi There =]]
im like 15 and i can understand where your daughter is coming from i mean no teen likes turning up early because you don’t want to be there in the first place
don’t fret she was just as annoyed with you as you where her