Hi Vanetta, I use to tell my ds as he was growing up--"I'm the mom and that's way".
Sherry in FL On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 20:05:08 -0800 (PST) Vanetta Conn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Maria, Living with you is your children's birthright. Helping > around your home is another birthright. Obviously, you are not going > to stop feeding, housing and clothing them if they don't help around > the house. But there are a thousand and one other things that they > take for granted that are not their birthright. If these things > won't motivate them. REMEMBER, YOU ARE THE MOTHER, WHAT YOU SAY > GOES! (Emphasis for importance!) Somewhere along the line, with our > guilt about working outside the home and many other factors, we have > forgotten that we are the parents and that is the only reason we > need. Whether our children agree or not, we have their best > interests as our motivation. Children who co-operate and contribute > add to our society and it is our obligation to teach them this. And > you are right, many days it is easier to just do it yourself than to > make them do it. I have learned, if you consistently insist, their > resistance becomes less and less all the time. Kindes! > t regards, Vanetta > "Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your > world or break it by your thinking."- Susan Taylor > > Maria Wahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Getting my kids 13 and 15 > to do anything is a chore in itself. I am going > to have to try, but they think living here is just their birthright > and they > find it offensive when I try to get them to do anything! I am going > to keep > trying! Thanks for the encouragement! > Maria > williamsville > > > > To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your > heart.- Donald Laird > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Journey from clutter List Website http://journeyfromclutter.com Members Only Page http://journeyfromclutter.com/MembersOnly/MembersArea.htm Unsubscribe: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'unsubscribe' in the 'Subject:' field to be removed from the main list. To Unsubscribe from the Digest version of the list send the unsubscribe message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
