As you know already, parenting does not come with a handy dandy manual. Something you can refer to when all of your kids get sick at once, or when homework is a hassle, or when your has straws lodged up his nose, or when your daughther refuse to get her hair combed, or when nobody wants anybody to look or talk to them....excuse me I got a little of course.
What are my parenting do's and dont's:
I never allow my children to visit anyone whom, I have not met the parents first(hated my mom for this very same thing)
I do not allow company in the bedrooms, big no no!
I do not allow my children to have company when I am not home
I will not respond to a child who is yelling, crying or whining. They must get it together before I will talk to them
I do not tolerate any back talk, especially the WHATEVA'S
I do not allow my chidren to fight or argue
My children do not have a consistent bed time ( guess I won't be winning mom of the year)
I do joke and kid around with my children
I do value my children's opinion, even though we may not agree
I do not believe that children should be seen and not heard (never understood, wth my dad meant and still don't to this day)
I don't always follow thru with my punishments
I do allow my children to watch a considerable amount of tv, however they must have finished chores, homework, and study time
I do allow my children to sleep in my bed sometimes, even the 13 year old, we call it family campout night
I do allow my children to watch some rated R films, mostly horror, they love it. Especially Jeepers Creepers....lol
I guess that sums it up..
I don't always know what the hell I am doing...
Sometimes I feel so lost!
Sometimes I get really frustrated!
But my biggest pride and joy is being the mother of my 3 beautiful babies...
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3 comments:
AMEN sister - Parenting (espeically mommyhood) does not come with a manual. Why is that? : ) I may not know what I am doing... but at the end of the day I do know, looking into my girls eyes, snuggling with them on the nights I am not working - they know they are loved by me. That is the most important!
wow! That is great list there Dana! I'm also guilty of not following through on the punishment. When I told her timeout for 5-10 minutes, sometimes I let her out a minute or two early! LOL. She never notice about it anyways.
Michelle
Nice list! So you didn't get the parenting handbook either, huh?
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