Wow, I feel like a lazy parent. I can always tell when I've been slacking on my parenting. It's sort of like a vicious cycle. The kids act great for awhile, so I start letting them get away with stuff because, hey, they're great kids. Then they start taking total advantage of me and working the system. Then I get frustrated because they turn into little hooligans, teasing, hitting, destroying, and yelling at each other and me.
This is the sign of lazy parenting. By the time this happens, I am just too tired to discipline them. Once it gets to this point, it seems they are in their room constantly.
Last night Anden went to his room for something (I don't even remember what). The next thing I know Anden has pushed the screen out of his window and has climbed outside! What EVER made him think he could get away with something like that?! Lazy parenting I tell you, lazy parenting.
The good thing is that the kids are generally good for other people. At school and for babysitters they really are well behaved kids, which I am VERY thankful for.
But seriously, aside from all that, I feel very blessed to have these wonderful 4 little boys in my life. They teach me so many things every day. I just hope I can live worthy to be their mother!
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