Feb-18-08
My Ungrateful Son
I love my son even though he is the most ungrateful child I have ever met. You know those kids you don’t want to be around because they always are wanting something. It is so annoying. Ashton better be glad that I am not a psycho mother and will not kill him.
In the past month here is a list of what Ashton has received from Michael and I.
- new baseball glove and bat to practice T-ball with
- 3 new short sleeve shirts
- 2 new shorts for summer
- a new pair of tennis shoes
- Razor scooter
- a t-ball set to practice more t-ball
- big stuffed Valentine frog that is bigger than him
- Bath crayons and fizz to make bath water change colors
All this and what do I hear.
- “Man these shoes don’t light up. I want shoes that light up.”
- “I don’t like this glove, I want the Sponge Bob glove.”
- “I didn’t want the blue scooter, I want the red one”
- “Can I have…” “but Sissy got…”
I am so sick and tired of this attitude that I could scream. We are not buying Ashton anything for one whole week and see how he feels. He can’t even have a coke if he wants to. I know it sounds harsh, but I don’t want to have that annoying kid that I always hated to be around.
I feel the same way with my kids-most of the time-hopefully,it is a passing PHASE.(I keep telling myself that.)
My kids are very bad about asking for stuff all the time. It is VERY annoying x3! I blame myself that they get way too much….but I do think a lot of it is a phase. They are just too young to have a clue. I give them….”there are people that don’t have anything” speech all the time!
I, too, hear this from my 6 and 4 year olds. Not to sound like an old lady, but kids these days are never satisfied and want bigger and better than what we get them. haha
It is sad that kids don’t understand how lucky they are. When I was in elementary school my dad made me go down and work at the soup kitchen in town and it definately got my attention. It makes me appreciate those kids who are so grateful for what they get (which are few and far between)!
Kids are just natually selfish.. it takes a lot of ‘training’ to break them out of that mold. Madison’s whining and ungreatfulness peaked this past summer when Sam was born. Clayton and I decided that the reason she didn’t appreciate anything is b/c she had WAY too much. We’re ALWAYS taking them neat places, buying them things (even small stuff like $store toys) and such. We didn’t realize how much spoiling we were doing until we thought it out. So, now, we’re much more careful about when and why the kids get anything. If they complain AT ALL about something we get for them (food, toys, you name it) we immediately take it away and it’s gone.. gone, gone, gone! Don’t you know that after ONE night of me taking Madison’s entire plate of supper away after she made a face at one of the items on her plate and protested it before she ever tasted it… and went to bed hungry for the first time in her life.. she has yet to dare complain about a meal again. I don’t think what you did was harsh at all… I think it’s smart!
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