So, things have reached a certain place where they just aren’t manageable any more.  I am tired of yelling at my kids.  Part of that is me and my own tendency to think yelling will magically make everyone do what I want.  Yeah…this is not really working.

Today, I just reached my breaking point.  I got to that place where I realized what I was doing was not working and that if I wanted to see a change, I needed to be willing to change to.  So, I had a “Come to Jesus” talk with my 5 and 4-year-old.  I know that even sounds asinine.  But here I am sharing it out on the Internet–because that is what well-adjusted parents do right?

We talked–okay, I talked and the kids listened.  They seemed to begin to grasp what I was saying about the not listening and the constantly telling us “NO,” along with the whole “we don’t have the same rules–because daddy and I are adults and you are kids.”  You know, basically all those parent-like things I swore I’d never have to say to my kids.

So, I feel a lot more relaxed knowing that I am not going to yell.  I’m going to talk to them and then punish them–with a smile on my face.

Somehow that is better–at least for me.  So, we’ll see how this works.