Tuesday Tidbits

God Made Moms To Teach Their Children...That Children Should Behave As Children

This morning I had to have the " I'm the parent and your the child " talk with my four year old, his response to my breakfast question sparked the much needed talk. It's called "talk" because I was the only one doing the talking this time. Femi had responded, " I've already told you that I wanted cereal ", I did not like the tone Femi was using with me so I went into my authoritative mother tone. As I was driving into work this morning I pondered on why children don't behave as children should, it would really make my life easier. I thought about Femi and I thought about the conflict I had with my other son Idris on last night. I went to bed upset with Idris and Idris went to bed upset with me. To say the least, I woke up this morning still upset and told my husband that I wasn't going to be dealing with Idris. Now I ask you who was behaving as the child? I had decided I wasn't going to talk to Idris today and would go as long as I could without talking to him. Well my decision didn't last long because Idris greeted me with a "good morning mom" and of course I reciprocated the greeting. The conflict I had with Idris on last night would have warranted me a "killing" when I was his age but to my surprise I walked away from Idris. I wanted to kill him but I also admired his inner strength, the inner strength I didn't have at his age. I can tell you he manipulated his way out of a whipping or even talked his way out of a whipping but I learned that even as an adult/parent, I sometimes respond in a childish manner. Ladies, this entry could go on and on but I'm going to end it by saying "children should be the only ones behaving as children and adults should always behave as adults".

Be blessed and encouraged today, it's your choice. ~Delphine