Kids

Why the hell do kids feel the need to argue with parents about everything!

Been awhile... kids growing up...

OK so writing here sometimes gets lost in the shuffle of day to day life... hmmm not sure that my typical day to day is so normal though.  Starting with homeschooling my 16 y/o son, then off to college myself, with both my daughters in college as well, and home to get dinner on the table, get my homework done, spend a little time with my baby George & oh can't forget checking to make sure my kids did their chores & making sure everyone has clothes for tomorrow (even though I know my kids wouldn't forget to wash a load while I was at school), oh and maybe a little time with my husband. Oh also can't forget to let the dogs out before bed & to lock all the doors... did I turn off the coffee pot?
I love how some woman are all the time how they love their kids & can't get enough of them... home-school them and then tell me how you truly feel. Don't get me wrong, I do love my kids, but I'm not your typical mom... I tell my kids how it is in the real world, and if they do something wrong I will punish them. I don't pat them on the back every time they do their chores, because there are some things you just do because you live there.
Someone once told me that was horrible, that I should show my kids lots of love and let them be kids... so in my head I'm thinking this through... so what she was telling me was that when my son decides he wants to climb on the roof of my garage and ride his bike down a ramp he made with 2x4's that I shouldn't say "Get your butt down right now before you break your neck!" Because he is only being a kid ... Not a chance that I would ever say "You might want to rethink this, but your just being a kid." No!!! Sometimes (most of the time) moms have to be harsh! I want to know that if I died tomorrow that my kids can say my mom taught me this and thank God she was so insistent that we learned how to cook and clean and be honest productive people.... (yes I tell my kids that my job is done when I can send them out into this world to be self sufficient, honest young adults)! Because if they can support themselves, not lie and cheat, keep a fairly clean home & cook their own meals, I did my job as their mother!