Lets start off with this statement first......I love my kids and would do anything for all 3 of them.
What happened to the days of when your mom said go outside and play, you did it and didnt reply back? What happened to the days of chores? I mean I know I had a few, like load and unload the dishwasher, mow the grass (yes I had a brother...) wash the cars (if you didnt do it right the 1st time, dad would make you wash AND dry it all over again) clean your room, etc... I dont know how many times I have said the words of my mother and even could tell by my kids face I most likely looked like my mother as well, which I dont mind because my mother is beautiful. But why cant kids have fun with just their imaginations anymore??? I remember hanging out with my brother and his friends in Sumter South Carolina back in the woods and building a fort. Swinging from vines hanging from the trees, and not caring what time a certain show came on. (yes I was a tom boy) I knew the sound of my mommas voice, and when she yelled it was time to come in. I didnt get a text or a phone call on my cell phone, oh wait....i didnt have one until I was 18 and married with a kid. Yes we had an atari, but guess what? me and my brother werent on it 24/7....the problem with todays kids, and I am throwing myself in this group as well because yes I am guilty of it as well, is they are lazy, and to entertained with the tv, computer, and cell phones. I mean yes we have 2 Wii's in this house, an Xbox 360, 3 laptops (1 is broken) 1 desktop computer, and everyone except me has a tv/vcr/cable box in their room.
And yet I sit and wonder why kids dont listen to a word I say....maybe if I record it on TV they would.....or text it to them.....hummmmm.
sorry, just had to get this out there.
