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| Fri, 07-16-2004 - 12:45pm |
This was an article in my local paper. I linked it from John Rosemond's website.
I usually don't agree with him but I thought he made some good points until he got to part 2. The part about serving your husband gave me the heebie-jeebies.
I was thinking about some of this last night when I was cleaning up after my children again. Why don't I make Zak fold clothes and sweep? Why do I let myself get so frustrated when I can make him help out?
Also, and I might get flamed, but I do think some fear of your parents is good. The little boy across the street stole again and was confined to his room. Obviously, the confinement to your room approach is not working. If I had ever stolen from my parents, the results would have been drastic. Confinement to my room would have been the least of my worries.
I want my children to respect me and to fear my reactions to their misbehavior.
edited to put the link in because I am an idiot! (uneducated, you know and not intelluctually stimulating)
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Im not quite sure where you got the idea that my husband wasnt laid back or was militant.
I think it depends on how the parents are controling.
Exactly.
The reason I do money/external rewards is for a few reasons.
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