This Busy Mom
04-23-2005, 07:55 AM
I've been doubting myself a lot lately on whether or not I'm doing ok with my kids... a trip to a busy WalMart usually puts things in perspective.
I just went shopping with my dd last night. Someone was being very loud and mean to their son... and she asked me, "Why did that mom call her son a COW?" I told her I didn't know, and I didn't understand it, either. She said, "mom you NEVER talk to me like that." I told her that I thought it was great that she knew that, and it wasn't very nice, was it? When we got out of there, and I was angry with my dh because he was supposed to pick us up at a certain time, but he nodded off in the parking lot and I couldn't see our vehicle, so we had to stand out front for 15 minutes listening to people be mean to their kids, I asked her how many times she seen/heard someone not be kind to their child(ren) and she said at least five :( . She's 7 now and I think it's absolutely amazing that she can differentiate like that, and what a blessing it is that I can be home with them.
I just went shopping with my dd last night. Someone was being very loud and mean to their son... and she asked me, "Why did that mom call her son a COW?" I told her I didn't know, and I didn't understand it, either. She said, "mom you NEVER talk to me like that." I told her that I thought it was great that she knew that, and it wasn't very nice, was it? When we got out of there, and I was angry with my dh because he was supposed to pick us up at a certain time, but he nodded off in the parking lot and I couldn't see our vehicle, so we had to stand out front for 15 minutes listening to people be mean to their kids, I asked her how many times she seen/heard someone not be kind to their child(ren) and she said at least five :( . She's 7 now and I think it's absolutely amazing that she can differentiate like that, and what a blessing it is that I can be home with them.