Comments on: Do as I say

By: jen

jen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:34:30 +0000

I usually become the drill seargent right before they leave for school, then feel guilty all day because the last thing they heard when they went out the door was yelling

By: Motherhood Uncensored

Motherhood Uncensored — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:54:22 +0000

Ugh. I am too.

You can call me the “bedtime bitch.”

By: Lady M

Lady M — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:31:55 +0000

Isn’t it just the kicker that we won’t know which rules were the right ones until years from now?

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:05:37 +0000

Wow, this post really resonated with me. I had, way back in the early days of parenting, thought that a benign dictatorship approach to raising children would work perfectly. You know, if I phrased everything politely but firmly my kids would just fall in line.

Okay, you can stop laughing now.

I am still working on exactly the same things you discussed in your post — pretty much every day. Maybe we can both compare notes in 20 years.

By: Julie @ The Mom Slant

Julie @ The Mom Slant — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:55:45 +0000

You know I struggle with the same issue. And I’m a Drill Sergeant more often than not.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:50:01 +0000

My husband and I have this conversation all. the. time.

I want my kids to obey me, but I don’t want them to obey people blindly. I want my kids to just suck it up and deal with the pain-in-the-ass that is life; but also, I want them to recognize the difference between, let’s say, doing boring homework and getting beat up on the playground every day.

I’m going to hope that they learn by example.

By: patois

patois — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:14:26 +0000

I’m glad this is what you’ve decided to write about after your week-long absence. I am the drill sergeant. I hate that about me. I wish there were a Drill Sergeants Anonymous.