Parenting gone wrong

As a mom it’s very important to me, my kids are well mannered. So if somebody says something, and they didn’t quite catch it, I don’t want them saying: ‘Huh?’ The correct answer is…  To teach them this, for every ‘Huh’, I offer the correct response: ‘What did you say?’ Unfortunately this parenting method turned…

Mime

My son Piet (6) was bobbing up and down in the bath tub, his older brother Ot (9) sitting at his feet. Whatcha doin’? Ot was moving his hands in the air above Piets body, and I was very much intrigued. Was my son perhaps the next Harry Potter?! So I asked curiously: ‘Whatcha doing,…

Mommy Calculus

My sons Pete is very loud. He shouts a lot. I think all that shouting means he’s got a surplus of energy. So, if I make sure his energy level goes down, he should shout less! I put my thinking cap on and came up with this brilliant mathematical equation: Pete has got to much…