I think it would be nice if there were mothering progress reports. Wouldn't life be a lot easier if every six weeks you got a letter from heaven letting you know where you stand? (Love: meets expectations; Discipline: progressing; Patience: needs improvement.) It would take a lot of the guess work out of parenting, that's for sure. Bryce has been home from school for the last few days. He came home very tired Tuesday afternoon with a dry cough, a froggy throat and a low fever. (Maybe he has swine flu. ha-ha) He stayed home on Wednesday and by Wednesday night he was feeling much better even though he still had a slight fever. School policy here is that kids must be fever-free for 24hours before they can go back so even though he was feeling better he got to stay home on Thursday, too. I thought he'd be good to go back on Friday, but late Thursday afternoon his fever returned for a few hours. Curses! No school on Friday either! He's got what most kids dream about--all the perks of staying home with none of the "feeling-sick" drawbacks. My other kids are sooo jealous.
When I told Bryce he would be staying home Friday, I was shocked by his reply. "Aww," he said, "I wanted to go to school. Sitting around the house watching TV and playing video games is so boring." I couldn't believe what I'd just heard--from Bryce, my screen addict! I wanted to do a little dance. I made staying at home so dull my kid would rather be at school. Mom wins this round. A+ for me.
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Maybe it was his fever talking.
Maybe Bryce was bored because nobody except mom at home. What's except to be fun without having kids around him? School wins.
Moms win a lot more than they lose, it's just not always that obvious.
This is what I would love to hear: "Mom, it's so much more fun to play in my room when it is clean, and I can find all my clothes when they are put away!"
Does the Gold-Star Mom have any advice for achieving that one?
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