I’m sitting here in my office, listening to TCW speaking
down to her youngest daughter (12 years old) on the phone. Her voice carries (particularly with its
whiney quality) and while I’d guess (hope) the beginning part of the
conversation was cordial, this part is just ugly. She’s not screaming, but she’s being completely condescending to her daughter. I don’t
live in her house, and I can’t hear the other side of the conversation, but if
ANYONE spoke to me as TCW was speaking to her daughter, I’d hang up the
phone. I’m guessing the other side of
the conversation is much the same, as we act as we are taught.
Respect is a big thing in our house. We respect one another, all of us, from the
gifts to me to BBE. Everyone treats
everyone else with respect. Manners
highly prized and praised in our home. I
would NEVER belittle the boys, publically or privately, that just tears them
down. When they act out, we try to find
the root of the problem (99/100 someone is overtired) and we deal with it by
respecting the other person. The ONLY
time you’ll hear yelling in our house is when we’re playing the “I LOVE YOU”
game from different rooms.
The gifts respect us, and we respect them. They’re little people who will grow into
bigger people and act based on what they learn and how they’re treated. It’s my responsibility to not act
disrespectfully to ANYONE, but most importantly to my family! If they’re not respected by me, who can they
count on to treat them right?
And that my friends, is a frozen Tuesday afternoon one to
grow on!
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