My kids are mad at me.
I woke them up today at 6:45. Informed them that today is homeschool co-op day. They know this means they are supposed to get up, get dressed, have breakfast, clean their rooms... and finish Math & Science work before we leave at 11am. They had PLENTY of time to do those things with time to spare. They received a few gentle reminders throughout the morning that at 11am would be time to leave. However I didn't remind them of the responsibility they had to clean their own rooms and do their Math & science lessons. At 11am-- I shut down my computer... slipped on my shoes and picked up my purse.
Then I walked through the house. Bedrooms weren't cleaned. I informed them I was keeping my word to the avon lady by going to her house to pick up the order she was unable to deliver due to us all being sick with the flu. Then I would be going to the post office to get stamps. Then I would return home, at which time their rooms had better be cleaned if they wanted to avoid additional consequences other than just missing the homeschool co-op today.
That makes me an evil, mean mother.... and I am SO unfair to them to make them miss the co-op.
Do you ever have to do things that make your kids "hate" you? My 7 yr old is telling me now that he "hates me". This seems to be his normal reaction when he's angry with me.
The girls are just giving the me the silent treatment and stomping around because I keep finding them "extra" chores. How long do you think it will take them to realize that when they stop the "pouting & stomping fits" -- that the extra chores will stop?
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