Blessings From Home

Buckling down

I have come to realize over the last couple of weeks, that I have been letting my kids get away with a lot, and I unfortunately mean A LOT of things that I would have never considered letting happen before. I know it's happened slowly over the last few months, slipping up here and there, and although I can blame a lot of the reason on this pregnancy and the exhaustion I've had with it, I know that most of it is my own fault. It's little things that are expanding into bigger things....bedtimes getting later and later, not timing them on their computer time and letting them stay on for "X" amount of time instead of the exact time I would set and see to it that they were off when it beeped, interupting, rudeness, sibling rivalry, not doing their fair share around the house. It's caught up with me, and I've had enough. I'm going to be spending the next several weeks, keeping them on a stricter schedule and staying on top of them about everything. I finally have my energy back, and they need to know that mom is not going to put up with their behaviors any longer. I'm laying down the rules on paper and going over it with them tomorrow during school. Praying things will get back to our normal soon, before mom here loses her head.

Blessings,

sara 

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{ 10:55, Wednesday, August 13, 2008 } { Posted by Schatzi }

It sure is easy to let things slide during the summer, but never too late to start again...sounds like you are getting things back in order.

Blessings,
Connie

Oh, I SO know what you mean

{ 11:32, Wednesday, August 13, 2008 } { Posted by MissBee }

It is so easy to let things slide just a "little bit." But the price for getting back on track is pretty high.

I read something just a bit ago that said - It was Kym Wright in Women Living on Purpose, I remember now - children will do not what you expect but what you INSPECT. Now, thinking about how my own children behave, I can see that is very true. I can set up rules and go over lists with them, but unless they know that I'm coming to check in -- minutes, they diddle and dawdle and finally move on to something else.

I've finally realized these past few years that the hardest part of homeschooling has nothing to do with schooling at all -- it has everything to do with parenting and training hearts and being diligent in what we've been given.

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{ 07:07, Wednesday, August 20, 2008 } { Posted by a1health }

We also relaxed our rules more during the summer. It was a trying summer with custody battles and such so I let things go unless there was total rudeness such as name calling or blatant disrespectfulness. My husband had me re-work our chore list and so they have to really stay on top of it or the punishment is big.
Have a blessed day.
~Farrah