Comments on: She Works Hard for Her Money http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/chores/she-works-hard-for-her-money/ Stories of Raising Responsible Kids Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:17:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Wixenstyx http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/chores/she-works-hard-for-her-money/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Wixenstyx Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:36:40 +0000 http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=174#comment-936 Well, this is definitely true in our household too. In our house, the big anticipated chore is Getting To Spray That Blue Stuff On Glass. We have a glass-topped coffee table and side table in the living room, and the boys just long for the day when they'll be able to spray and wipe to their hearts' content. Problem is, the very instant I let them do this, the Windex will be gone and I'll have to go buy more. :/ Well, this is definitely true in our household too. In our house, the big anticipated chore is Getting To Spray That Blue Stuff On Glass. We have a glass-topped coffee table and side table in the living room, and the boys just long for the day when they’ll be able to spray and wipe to their hearts’ content.

Problem is, the very instant I let them do this, the Windex will be gone and I’ll have to go buy more. :/

]]> By: Smarty Tarty http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/chores/she-works-hard-for-her-money/comment-page-1/#comment-902 Smarty Tarty Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:51:34 +0000 http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=174#comment-902 Okay call me a bad Mother but, I have a child that has pushed me OUT the door in my own mind! He's 4yrs old and I've done everything in the world to try and reach his Stubborn I am the BOSS spirit! Easter was the final straw. He & his brother had received and Basket each from counseling and the 4yr devoured his chocolate rabbit right away. The 6 yr old a saver/savor was waiting for that special moment to eat his with permission. While they were taking a nap (LOL the 4yr old) I was cleaning up in our family room downstairs. The 4yr decided he'd had enough of the nap time and was going to eat that RABBIT if it was the last thing he could do. Unbeknowance to me. When my 6 yr old woke up to enjoy his savory Chocolate.... IT WAS GONE! That's right... the 4 yr old devoured the whole thing and didn't think a thing about it until EASTER MORNING when HIS basket had nothing but, GRASSSSSS!!! Later we had talked about making choices, and in his own words he stated... Mommy I really only wanted a basket with grass anyway! I just broke down and cried, you didn't want the candy? The toy? The special egg? Nope he stated matter of factly, Just the Basket and the GRASS! I said, Good then you got just what you wanted HUH! Okay call me a bad Mother but, I have a child that has pushed me OUT the door in my own mind! He’s 4yrs old and I’ve done everything in the world to try and reach his Stubborn I am the BOSS spirit! Easter was the final straw. He & his brother had received and Basket each from counseling and the 4yr devoured his chocolate rabbit right away. The 6 yr old a saver/savor was waiting for that special moment to eat his with permission. While they were taking a nap (LOL the 4yr old) I was cleaning up in our family room downstairs. The 4yr decided he’d had enough of the nap time and was going to eat that RABBIT if it was the last thing he could do. Unbeknowance to me. When my 6 yr old woke up to enjoy his savory Chocolate…. IT WAS GONE! That’s right… the 4 yr old devoured the whole thing and didn’t think a thing about it until EASTER MORNING when HIS basket had nothing but, GRASSSSSS!!! Later we had talked about making choices, and in his own words he stated… Mommy I really only wanted a basket with grass anyway! I just broke down and cried, you didn’t want the candy? The toy? The special egg? Nope he stated matter of factly, Just the Basket and the GRASS! I said, Good then you got just what you wanted HUH!

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