Did You Get a Handbook?

After watching my 3 year old send my husband on the verge of nervous breakdown this morning I wonder. God! Am I doing everything right? All he was trying to do was get her to brush her teeth and it was like asking her to eat a whole plate of broccoli and lima beans. I remember someone once told me that is just theatrics. If that is true my 3 year old is going to have a successful career in the movies.

I try (I am sure too hard) to raise my kids what I think is the right way. They respect other people, say yes mam, and are considerate, but is that enough? I think I am teaching them to follow through. My daughter broke her arm mid softball season a few years ago. We still went to every game. She was the bat girl and rooted her team on. Yes it would've been easier to just say we are done, but what am I teaching her? Or am I teaching her?

My kids think that words like stupid and shut up are ugly words. My oldest got made fun of at school because she told on someone else for saying the "st" word as she called it. That is when I had to teach her that the "st" word is hurtful, very hurtful. It doesn't help that Spongebob says it all the time.

I have learned that a B is not that bad. Simply put.

There are alot of life lessons that stick with me and some I have learned along the way. I worry too much I know, but I want my children to be happy, successful and become great parents themselves. I fear sometimes they will make the same mistakes I did. I certainly don't want them to lay on a doctors couch one day tell the psychiatrist, "My dad made me brush my teeth and now I am scarred for life." I want them to daydream like their mom does and say it is ok to take a day off and do nothing. I want them to be a partner in marriage. It took me a long time to learn that one. I was so use to taking care of myself. I didn't want anyone else to do it. I want them to be confident. I want them to know that they are equal. Certainly not better and not beneath anyone or anything else.

I know I am making mistakes, probably alot more than I want to admit to. Their momma can be stubborn too. Imagine that.

Did you get a handbook? I musta been in a hurry to get home from the hospital because I didn't get one. Send me some tips from your chapter...Until then

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