I tell my kids I am going to bury them in the backyard and when they are sassy I say I am going to pull their tongues out and wrap them to the bumper and drag them behind my car and that I am going to rip their faces on and give them to people in need.
They laugh at me
and they add to the horrible tortures I am planning...because my tortures go on and on and on and we keep addingthings until they hear stuff like I am going to bury themin the back yard and then mulch over themand plant popcorn and when the pocorn cones up I am going to pick it and cover their popcorned bodys with butter and garlic salt and eat them watchingmy favorite movies!!!!
they laugh
it's now our family joke
none of this is bad mothering (right?????? gasp)
it's just parenting.....
their dad hasn't had any contact with them since they were one and 2 and has just recently started paying childsupport (whoopeeeeee...$300 a month)