Don't you just hate it when......
a parent comes to your door saying your son(9) was throwing dirt at his daughter when the kid standing next to him,(the daughters big brother(11)), had your son bailed up against a wall with his fist in your son's face.....mmmmmmmmmmm....
...lets say I was cool, calm and collected when I wanted to smack said smirking son(Brat 11) myself....and the father too...
I told my son off...(actually it was another kid he was walking with) but thought I would make sure that the father knew I wouldn't stand for something like that but I wondered what he did when he got home with his own son(I told him about the fist.....)well heck I didn't have to wonder too long....just saw the kid walking around the street with his bike....hell if it had been my DS he'd be in his room grounded....or at the least not allowed outside playing....
..I know my kids aren't perfect...hell I live with them....and I am the first to ask them what they did before I find out what the other kid did.....but you wonder why there is so much crime around....because nobody takes responsibility for their actions...and no consequences come from them.....my kids know better than that....hell they push the limits...more often than I care to admit but they know that when they go too far I'll come down on them like a ton of bricks.....
I'm calm now....
posted by Shey @ 4:24 PM
1 Comments:
Alan,
I know that 'never start a fight but finish it' song...I sing it often...I have this thing that you really need to stand up to bullies...get away if you can but if you can't make sure you hold your own.....
BTW what was the kindergartner doing to your son...maybe he shouldn't have retaliated being older and bigger but did anyone think to ask whether the younger child was doing something to him in the first place....heck in my house unless I see something happen in front of my eyes I tend to send all the kids to time out because you have older one saying that younger one did something and vice versa...
And being out of sight...I think that is the scariest thing about being a parent that no matter what you teach them once they're out of your sight it's up to them to decide what path they go and you can only hope it's the right one....ahhhhh parenting...isn't it a wonderful, scary thing :)
Shey
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