I once read an account of the typical conversations that occur between parent and child in the course of an average day.
If a recording were to be made of the interaction between a parent and their child, it would look something like this:
“Take your feet off the couch.”
“Food belongs in the kitchen.”
“Get your shoes on already.”
“Be careful with the milk.”
“Hurry up!”
“Don’t yell.”
“Let me pour the milk for you.”
“We’re late, hurry!”
“Food belongs in the kitchen.”
“Oh! Look at the mess you made!”
“Here’s a towel, clean it up.”
“What do you mean, you can’t find your shoes?”
“Did you brush your teeth?”
“Where was the other shoe?”
“Finish up, we’ve gotta go!”
“Talk to your sister nicely.”
“Get your coat on.”
“I SAID DON’T YELL!”
What can I say? Way too sad for any comments.
)I look back now and realize in many ways how patient and kind my mother was to me at times…… I think I need to remind her of those times. I need to step back and let my children be children. Thank you again.
. They’re just feeling cheated by life because they see what’s available in the world and they want this, that, and the other thing, but when you’re a long sleeper, it’s just who you are, and by definition, you’ve got less “living” available to you because you’re not awake as much during the day. I mean, how many of us have wondered, “wouldn’t it be cool if I didn’t need to sleep? I could do much more.” Well, we do need to sleep, so we can’t do that much more.