Clueless
Who knew that raising a child would be so intense? These months at home have exposed interesting traits in Mich that I never knew existed. “I don’t want to greet” “Mummy but why should I be polite?” “That is not what I planned to do” “Hugging people should not be all the time” “No!” “I’m not going to do it” “No!” “I will never ever go for a sleep over ever again” “NO, NO, NO!!!!” What happened to being kind and taking turns? what about being polite?, I thought these were things we had talked about and dealt with. Maybe I wasn’t keen to nip these bad habits while they were budding. I’m sure there are more responses than I could care to mention here. It’s extremely embarrassing when a child acts contrary to “social norms”, all the blame is cast on the parents, particularly the mom. At some point I felt hopeless- okay maybe that is a strong word but I really did, it seemed like the two years I spent with him didn’t make the desired impact. I am now reminded that we are fallen creatures, w...