What usually happens is I yell, yell, and then guilt them into finally doing something, then I get to redo it because its so sloppy. Mow, I am not the mom that wants anything perfect, just a dish in the cabinet without food stuck to it still and perhaps the floor swept BEFORE its mopped. So, I piss and moan about it the whole time since I have to do it all and I hate it too! I end up being "little miss angry mommy" all day long due to missing out on frolicking and everyone hates me.
How do huge Mormon families do it? And their kids seem so well behaved and their homes so gleeming ! Must I burn eternal damnation into my kids heads to get them to act this way? *sigh* I'm not a mormon hater, I know it takes more than that and I commend them on having such RULEY children, honestly. I just want a fresh clean home and kids that wash a dish with a smile. Is that to much to ask???? Printing off a free chore chart from the internet here. Hopefully it will work , any tips would be greatly appreciated.
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I don't have any tips except that it helps to clean as you go. However, since you have more kids than me, the "as you go" could seem more like "all the time" and we both know that's not cool.
I just wanted to chime in on the Mormon thing. As someone who was born and raised LDS (with a family of nine) I wanted to confide that things were normally far from perfect. Even with all the helping hands, my mom could never seem to stay on top of things (and neither could other large families that I knew).
As far as the better behaved kids, that didn't jive either. My father did not use the threat of eternal damnation (because Mormons don't really believe in a practical Hell) but he did discipline us with the firm resolve of his leather belt. You quickly learned to try not to be home when he was. :-S
Anyhow, keep up the great blogs. I love your brutal honesty, openness with yourself and others, and your witty humor. :-D
WOW Jim ! I never would have known you were raised that way. My neighbors in Boise were mormon and there house was not immacualte but they were all very well behaved, truthfully I dont know much about the religion as a whoole I just figured Hell was on the list! LOL I do think discipline is a useful tool but only in extreme situations and then not to harsh to make the kids want to stay away :-( I guess it is just my perception of perfect "gilbert moms" Maybe if I actually knew them I would know better? Anyways, thank you for your kind words and inspiration !!
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