As parents, we all want our kids to listen to us and do as we say. Hence, the phrase ‘Listen and Obey’ has become my motto. I say this phrase about 12,457 times a day, hoping that it will sink in and my children will actually listen and obey the things that I say.
This phrase is said a lot at home but I say it even more when we go out. It usually goes a little something like this.
Me: “Hayden and Claire will you please stop touching that.”
Them: They look at me and stop for about 1.3 seconds and then turn around to touch said item again.
Me: “I asked you guys to stop touching. Now you need to (I make my tone more forceful and louder) listen and obey!”
This phrase really doesn’t change anything. They don’t immediately stop like I would like them too. I don’t really know why I say it but it kind of does make me feel better saying it.
But since I do say this phrase so many times a day, Claire, the little mother in training, has started saying it to her brothers.
“Jake! Quinn! Hayen! LISTEN AND OBEY!”
After a particularly long time of Claire screaming this, Hayden had had enough because older brothers are not suppose to take orders from their little sister. So he asked me,
“Mom, I don’t need to to listen and obey Claire, right!?!” I nodded in agreement saying something like, I was the mother and he only needs to obey me and Daddy and other adults he is with.
Then after pondering this for a minute he said, “Mom, what does obey mean?”
You know what, this really explains a lot.
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