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 September 28, 2005
any mamas or papas out there?
With some advice for me about discipline?(not you Grau-I don't want to shoot him! Just kiddin'). Sam is going through a pushy phase right now. The little man in him is risin' hard. It's kind of wierd, he'll be so sweet, loving and even mannerly to me for a while, just long enough to have me patting myself on the back for my hard-earned parenting techniques, and then, suddenly he's ordering me around like little Mr Bossman! I don't stand for it(there's a good reason I don't have a boss), but the battle of wills feels pretty ugly. I don't relish having to press the MAMA! button, but sometimes, if explaining a thing clearly doesn't work, there's no other option. It doesn't help that he pretty much rules the roost at his dad's house and bosses him around to boot. Gah! What's a single mama to do? Why do I have to be the bad guy? Oh yeah, I guess it's part of the crappity job description, huh? At least the benefits are good. :) But what the heck am I gonna do when he's a teenager?
Sayeth rzan at
04:52 PM
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In discilpining a child I have found it is very helpful to be very consistant in your discipline. Even though his dad lets him rule the roost he will quickly pick up on the idea that he has to be different with Mom and at Mom's then when he is at Dads. The difficulty for you in this will be in being consistant, even when he tests you. And he will. I wish you the best in this endevor. I know how trying it can and will be.
on September 29, 2005 12:37 PM
I'm offended! Or at least I would be if I was the kind of person who gets offended...
I have never once threatened to shoot either of my kids.
I'm pleading the fifth on swords, but never the guns!! :)
on September 29, 2005 06:05 PM
hey, I said I was kiddin' didn't I?
Shooting is a little too... final, anyhow. Not very effective in an only child family(Arrrh, wicked, wicked tongue!).
Swords, huh? I'll have to think about that...
:)
on September 29, 2005 06:16 PM
oh, and thanks to the first adviser... yeah, consistancy is super important. it's just kinda hard having to be the bad cop.
on September 29, 2005 06:20 PM