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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Meanie!!

I have come to the realization that I am one of the strict parents at my daughters school. I don't really care that I am one of the strict ones, but I always figured I really was pretty easy going. The signs were there I guess...

La would come home with a new bad habit de jour. I would correct it. I kept finding my self saying "I don't care what so and so does, in my house that is unacceptable." I would hear whispers and giggles between LaLa and KiKi along with shifty eyes. They know they are doing wrong and don't want to get caught.

I guess my biggest problem is with the language that comes out of her little mouth. This morning it was "What the heck?" Ok, yes, I know heck isn't TECHNICALLY a bad word, but it is a slippery slope and heck is only one small step from hell. There is no way I am going to let my six year old run around saying "What the heck!" or "What the hell!" It just isn't happening. Of course explaining this to her is excruciating. She questions everything, cause she's six and she can. Then finally I explode with, "You are allowed to say 'What in the world!' and that is final!" Then I wander away muttering "What the hell is wrong with children nowadays..." under my breath.
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jay · 783 weeks ago

That totally made me LMAO! Yeah you gotta wonder where they learn that stuff, eh? ;o)
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SueAnn · 783 weeks ago

ROFL! Boy it doesn't take long....then the language goes south!! It always amazed me how quickly kids would pick up bad words. Why not big words; like existentialism.
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jana · 783 weeks ago

Have you noticed how children will most definitely say the thing that you forbid them to and make you drive up the wall! It's fun to watch when you see it happening to other parents.
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Mom in High Heels · 783 weeks ago

Hahahaha! I think Indy and Lala must be in league with each other. He says what the heck all the time and it drives me mad. Mad, I tell you! Lately though he's more prone to saying "What the????" which makes me just as crazy.
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WeaselMomma · 783 weeks ago

A good Mom is a mean one.
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Lizzy · 783 weeks ago

It is the slippery slopes that kids slide down right into a mud puddle of potty mouth.
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Blogging Mama Andrea · 783 weeks ago

We have a what the heck (thanks to me, still feeling guilt for it). It could be worse. She could come home and say WTF Mum!

See positive spin!
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murr brewster · 783 weeks ago

I like your style. Your kids might as well get their shit straightened out now. They're going to be way better off than the ones with the confused mommies. "Ryan, we need to give Nana back her wig now. Do you want to walk or do you want to skip?"
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Vodka Logic · 783 weeks ago

I used to be a mean mommy but they picked up some of the bad habits from me.. *blush*

I do make the distinction between public and private... they get it.
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Nancy Needham · 783 weeks ago

Stick to your guns. I want my grandkids to have a very extensive vocabulary and not one that includes words that offends my ears. now a days I hear people using the "f" word as a normal part of their of their language and that is so course. not even the uneducated people where I come from would even dream of using such language. People are judged by their actions and talk and some are just offensive. No potty mouths in my family. Remember the old soap and water for dirty mouths.

Love and kisses to the The Man and the girls.

Granny
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Nancy Needham · 783 weeks ago

The word course in my comment should have been spelled coarse. Don't want people to think I am ignorant.

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Carrie B · 783 weeks ago

LOL. My "children" are 21, 20, and 18 and just this past Spring Break (when they were all home) I reminded them that "we" don't say Stupid, Suck or FOR PETE'S SAKE the "F" word!!!!!!!!!!!! Ugh.
P.S. I still have the strickest mom AWARD for the county! haha
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Aunt Juicebox · 783 weeks ago

I know, my daughter's friends have always been allowed to do some cracked up crap, like getting dropped off at the mall and left there all day with no supervision, or being allowed to roam the neighborhood with friends, again with no supervision and no real agenda - just walking around looking for trouble. Not happening as long as I'M her mother.

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