It is snowing here today, I am trying to clean and forget about the holidays..except for the good parts, thinking about all the posts I have read here. I remember when I was in my 20's and 30's with small kids. I have to laugh..if I ever treated my mom or my mil the way these kids treat us, I would have run for the hills b/c I don't care how old I was my mother (God rest her soul) would have killed me, and if not, she would have wounded me very bad..and then told me "You made your bed now sleep in it!" My mom had a very harsh side to her, but we respected her! Now don't think she "wanted" to babysit our kids...she did NOT! We knew too NOT to ask her or my mil. However, when they wanted to see them...there was no questions, we were told bring the children TONIGHT, NOW,or, TOMORROW. Not when it fit our schedule, when they wanted to see them you dropped everything..and went to Grandmas. I also remember when they wanted to visit us,,,there was no phone call first.....I don't care what u were doing you stopped and made them feel welcome, be it lunch or dinner time you set them a place AND you smiled. My kids even remember these visits to this day!
So I though (won't speak for others here) that my life was a little harsh, and tried to treat my children with the respct, I wished then I had gotten. Didn't work!!
I wonder if the spakings I received, the punishments, and the chores I had to do (with no allowance) were really for my own good? I wonder what our children will endure from their children. Well you all know what I mean...we can't have a winner and a looser in a game anymore...all the kids win. Heck half those babies out there are on meds,,,,to keep them quiet! I'm wondering what a child today would do if like my parents enforced, "children should be seen at the table NOT heard!" lol. Then I think back when I said that was just awful and I would NEVER tell me children that! Then I remember how frustrated I was when those darn food fights would break out at our dinner tables??
I was just wondering?