by B F.
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December 2, 2005

Temporary Lapse in Good Parenting

October 10, 2007 10:57 AM EDT
views: 32 | rating: 10/10 (7 votes) | comments: 16

I tried and failed miserably...  This morning, no one woke up on time...  The cat scratched the three year old in the eye...  My daughter couldn't find her tennis shoes, which she has to have for P.E....  My son had an accident just after I got him dressed...  Fruit snacks got tossed out for a quick on the run breakfast...  The little one stole the older one's library book and hid it...  The list of little time consuming make you late things could go on for a while....

Oh how I love mornings like these...  Nothing goes right and then you must excuse it at the school especially when you show up almost an hour late...  Today's excuse-I had a temporary lapse in good parenting...  I wonder if that will excuse my child's tardiness...  My husband has gotten away with a simple "I don't know how to do girl's hair"...  That was classic...

I cannot let it ruin my day...   It is my husband who is always late...  I on the other hand, am routinely on time or early...  Days like this just burn my biscuits...  Oh and the tennis shoes are at grandma's (thanks to my husband)... 

Now I have the full picture...  He set me up...  Perhaps that would have been a better excuse...  That's funny!!!  I am laughing now...  Here's to everyone having a GREAT day!!!

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Comments: 16

Deeanna M. Oct 10, 2007, 11:09am EDT
i'm sure i'll have my share of those days when my daughter is older!
B F. Oct 10, 2007, 11:16am EDT
I promise that some of them will be most smile inducing while others will make you want to scream. Hope you have more of the smiling ones!!!
Tiffany G. Oct 10, 2007, 11:32am EDT
thats the good ol days
B F. Oct 10, 2007, 12:11pm EDT
Tamara- somehow, they manage to mess up the duct tape, but the staples are somewhat easier to hide... ;)~
Marianne R. Oct 10, 2007, 12:31pm EDT
Just remember... if we couldn't laugh, we'd all go insane. Good to keep your humor on days like this.
Jo C. Oct 10, 2007, 12:34pm EDT
We all have days like this. Part of good parenting, believe it or not, is helping our children realize that there is no perfection, not in their parents, not in the world - and then give them the skills to handle that with courage, optimism and love.
Jo C. Oct 10, 2007, 12:35pm EDT
Which, of course, is easy to write but not so easy to remember when your kid takes a Sharpie pen and traces the grain of a wood floor with it, nearly the entire floor!
B F. Oct 10, 2007, 12:54pm EDT
Marianne-everyone thinks I am insane, because I find humor in just about everything (even ticks and chiggers)

Jane- Thank you for your comments! I just hope my lil one doesn't read my mind and try the sharpie idea (he has already colored himself today)... He shows it to me and says "do you like my picture?!?!?" whenever he does something like that...
Sandy (Minipin Pixels) Oct 10, 2007, 2:31pm EDT
I am glad you could find the laughter in everything that happened.

I have days like that as well. But I think you handle it alot better than I do.
B F. Oct 10, 2007, 3:08pm EDT
Sandy-some days I have to remind myself to find the humor... I will have to get the courage to write an article about that sometime...
Leah A. Oct 10, 2007, 3:59pm EDT
The best way to find the humor is to remind yourself that you can use days like this as ammunition when they get older - like in front of their friends or boyfriends/girlfriends. Oh wait, would that be considered bad parenting??
B F. Oct 10, 2007, 4:19pm EDT
Leah- Isn't it a parent's job to embarrass their children once they hit the teen stage?!?!? I keep recommending it to my best friend in dealing with her teenage son... It seems to help keep him in check-knowing mom will do something crazy like join myspace and buddy up with all his friends-embarrassing him in the process...
Leslie - The Soap Lady! Townsend Oct 10, 2007, 5:39pm EDT
Of course when your kids fail to take care of their things and end up looking slovenly or are unprepared for school the teachers all think YOU are a horrible parent. I try to make my kids responsible and tell them if they do not put their dirty clothes in the hamper I will not wash them, etc, and if they "forget" they have homework until it is almost bedtime and they are supposed to be washing dishes, I make them wash the dishes anyway. Mean Mommies Unite! LOL
B F. Oct 10, 2007, 6:15pm EDT
I am usually the one that looks slovenly... It bugs me to no end for my kids to look horrible out in public... Then again, I will take the toddler places in his footed pajamas when he refuses to get dressed (it's just too cute)...
I do agree with making them take responsibility though... I also believe that they need to see others taking responsibility... The P.E. teacher sat a bunch of kids out their first week of school, because they weren't wearing the "proper" shoes... That day I get a "nonparticipation notice" that I have to sign for not having my child prepared... I kindly responded with a letter back stating that it would be the job of the P.E. teacher to inform the students and parents what shoes were appropriate and not punishing them for the lack of complying with an unknown rule...
M & M. Oct 10, 2007, 6:54pm EDT
Thank you for sharing sweetie.

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