The job description for being a mother is ever-changing, (yes honey, being a mother is a job.)
Chief bottle washer, Nurse, Doctor, Activities Director, Lego Engineer, Sheriff, Taxi Driver, ATM, Friend, and a shoulder to cry on—the list could go on forever.
I however, never thought I’d be a WARDEN.
Yes, a warden.
“Time out!”
“Go To Your Room Until You Can Be Nice!” (With any given child in my home, this could be forever.)
“You’re Grounded!”
Oy vey, what’s next locking them in their rooms with a box of Cheerios and a coffee can? (Oh stop, I’d never really do this- but it is so fun to fantasize about.) I need to find better discipline methods, I’m pretty sure being confined to their rooms filled with computers, T.V.’s and books , isn’t a hardship to these children.
Anyone need slaves? Maybe the thought of being pimped out to do other people's household chores, will scare them straight.
Or maybe I just need a vacation.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Pimping My Children Out For Chores
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8 comments:
I wish I had a solution for you, but mine are still in the time-out phase.
I recommend a vacation! ALONE!
I tell my kids an eye for an eye.....if they torture me with endless fighting then I'll torture them with endless child slavery. At least that way I get something out of the aggravation of having to listen to them.
My own children don't do half the chores I want them to do. I think it would be a risk to believe YOUR kids would do them.
I could use a slave. Send them here. These bathrooms aren't getting clean on their own. I promise to feed them.
I tell my kids all the time that if they don't behave they will be sent to grandma's as labor... and I have only had to do it once. But the looks on their faces is priceless!
I may not need them to clean my house, but I sure could use them if you can give them a crash course in body shop!
Time outs are a joke now for my 3 year old and it's not like he even gets them that often. I've resorted to removing privileges.
i always feel like a dictator in my house...barking orders and screaming if they aren't carried out immediately.
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