Mindsink - pt. 5 (The Home Stretch)

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I had a pretty ho-hum weekend. Ran a bunch of errands with and w/out my W in preparation for the trip, etc.

Interesting parenting moment...

Yesterday, she told our 7-yo that he shouldn't raise his voice at her. When asked "OK, mom, why do you yell at YOUR parents?" -- my W's response was, "Don't follow me as an example."

(Wait, what?)

After a pause, she continued, "That is wrong of me to yell at your grandma & grandpa. I need to fix that. But only follow the good things that I do."

I was standing right by the both of them as this conversation happened. My W even looked me as she was saying this and began chuckling, unable to keep a straight face. I had this perplexed look on my face.

She said, "From now on, anytime you raise your voice inappropriately to your sister, to me, to your dad, or to your grandma/grandpa, I will mark a point against you. If you get three points, I will take something away.

My son, being the clever boy he is, responded, "OK, well that means every time you yell, then I get to count a point against you too."

My W answered, "OK, we have a deal."