amybr

My Kids

Posted on 05/08/08, 08:25 pm

I took my kids out to eat tonight and sometimes they don't behave and that is normal. This lady came up to my boyfriend and told him how well behaved my children were. He told the lady that they were not his that they were mine. She asked me if I was a single mother when I told her yes she told me that she would be right back. She than brought over her daughter and asked me if I could give her lessons. She was also a single mother of three boys, I just stood there shocked that someone was asking to teach there own daughter how to maked kids behave. She was so upset that her mother did that, she just walked away.

• Reply #1 05/09/08  3:45pm
  
  tsj824
  I bet she was embarassed. I would want to kill my mother if she did that to me. lol I know it had to make you feel good for her to say your kids were behaving.
• Reply #2 05/09/08  8:08pm
  
  amybr
  It did make me feel good, as for the mother I should have said and I think you need to learn manners also. I felt sorry for the daughter here she is trying and a single parent and to have a mother that would do that.
• Reply #3 05/12/08  11:33am
  
  tsj824
  Yeah I know what you mean. She needs all the encouragement and pats on the back she can get. Not someone to put her down like that.
• Reply #4 05/12/08  11:44am
  
  amybr
  Tell me about it when I told my mom about it she laughed, when I asked her why she was laughing. She told me that if she would have done that I would have put her in her place real fast and told her to learn some. She was right I am lucky becuase I have lot of support. My dad stayed with me a week and for the first time told me how proud he was of me. I felt so wonderful knowing I was doing something right.
• Reply #5 05/12/08  5:04pm
  
  xxgemmalou22xx
  how awful for her to have her mom do that on her..
• Reply #6 05/19/08  7:44pm
  
  EllaS
  Hi Ambyr, my boys are 3 yrs old and they are a little difficult to control at times, we are practicing quiet times at the moment and I always acknowledge their good deeds. Right now though it's all a struggle to get them to listen to me when I growl them for doing something wrong. Do you have any tips other than growling. EllaS.
• Reply #7 05/19/08  9:40pm
  
  amybr
  Being honest my kids know that when I raise my voice and they keep it up than my hand will come across there butts. I remember when my son was 3 and I took him to wal-marts with my mom and grandma. There was a girl a year older than him throwing a fit and being a pain in the butt so to speak. My mom told my son that if he did that and thats when he told my mom that my mommy will take me to the bathroom and give me a swat. I really never had to spank him but a couple of times. He knows that if I have to count and I reach 3 what is going to happen. I am not a hard mom but I am firm and want my kids to respect other people and things. All parents are different and you just have to find what works for you. I hope this helps.

For anyone raising a child or children by there self.