I never ever NEVER NEVER thought I would be this... a cheerleader. And now, I hear myself chanting and clapping my hands and jumping up and down. All in the name of trying to convince the kid to do something that he doesn't feel like doing. If you're in public, and you need your kid to do something (or NOT do something) is it better to embarrass yourself by yelling and looking mean or cheering and looking crazy? I vote on the side of crazy, but luckily I haven't been pushed into doing it in public very often. At home... that's another story. "Put on the pull up put on the pull up! Go find your shoe shoes go find your shoe shoes! Put on some short shorts put on some short shorts! Where is your shirt shirt where is your shirt shirt?"
And on top of being a cheerleader, I make up songs to sing and then sing them shamelessly and loud, stomping around, claping, marching, cheering, dancing like a crazy person. All in the name of getting stuff done without yelling (or at least yelling less). Can you do these things and still have your kids respect you?
2 comments:
You are safe as long as you are never caught on video. The'll forget over time.
On the other hand, I think that you may have something with the "Put on some short shorts....Go find your shoe shoes" song. Maybe it should be recorded.
No one feels crazy or embarrassed about something that potentially could be making royalties.
Publish and book book. Record your song songs!! Have some fun fun!
You think I could make money that way? Maybe I should start thinking about quitting my job and investing my time in publishing... What do you think, Husband? :-)
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