I know it's not a big deal -- really not a big deal. But when the glasses get put away like this --
instead of like this ---
- it kind of hurts my brain.
As parents it's so much easier to do things on your own than to teach your children how to do them. There are somethings that I'll be a bit tougher on, but the glasses? Nah, that's not a good hill to die on. I'm just glad he's doing it happily. I just keep thinking that I need to learn to relax about if it's getting done perfectly and be glad that they are learning to work.
Heaven forbid their spouses hunt me down later in life to tell me that they never learned to work.:)
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I'm pretty sure that's what Nik's future wife is going to do to me....
Good job on getting Garrett to put the glasses away though! =)
I have had to learn that same thing. I was always OCD. Everything had to be just so and always picked up. It would bother me so much. I had to learn to just let things be and make the kids responsible for their things, bed, jobs, etc. even when they weren't up to my level of approval. They were learning and so was I. Goofd-luck~
Yes, another difficult part of parenting is the work thing. For me I struggle with finding the balance between being happy that the kids are doing their jobs and also teaching them that a job needs to be done the right way. Cade and I just had that conversation this morning when he'd "cleaned his room". I had to make him go back in and really "clean his room".
Keep up the good work. Looks like you guys are having a busy summer.
In all honesty, to my non-ocd eye, I had to really look to see the difference...does that surprise you?:). How does he do at cleaning his bathroom sink when it's actually dirty? Or does it ever get dirt in it? I do remember Will on that one...when it was "clean" it was still brown:). Again, I applaud Garrett for doing it! Moms need all the help they can get...not to mention kids getting the training:)
Ha! I think I'll be hunted down for lots of other things. Do you let the crumbs stay in your cupboards and drawers that fall in there when the kids make their sandwiches while leaving the doors/drawers open? That is one that disgusts me and yet I'm shocked I've learned to live with it. Pretty pathetic.
The way a glass is lined up in the cubbard does not make a lot
of difference compared to having
the child accomplish their job.
I had to learn that and among a lot
of other things to overlook when
raising children or have a nervous
breakdown, just love them and be
grateful they are yours to cherish.
Remove a glass from the cubbard and
they are not lined up like they were before. Enjoy your life, there
are more important things than
perfectly lined up glasses. Like
hugs and kisses and I love you's
You have a great family, you are
blessed.
Love yA'LL, iRIS
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