Do your kids need hearing aids like mine do?
Do you ask them to do something 27 times and then finally yell at them to do it only to have them say, "Geesh mom, why are you yelling?" And you say, "Because I asked you 27 times!" and they say, "But I didn't hear you!"
Or do you catch them doing something totally unacceptable and ask them, "What are you doing?" and they say, "But you said I could!" and you say, "No, I most defnintely did not!"
Or do they totally mis-hear what you say? Like yesterday morning when I called in to the kids, "Hey kids, dad needs some help cleaning up the vines he cut in the yard." And Jillian responded, "What? Dad needs help cleaning up a lion he caught in the yard?!"
YES to all of the above!! Drives me insane. Everytime I re-commit myself to never raising my voice again, they all seem to develop this aggravating deafness and I have to resort to hollering to snap them out of it. (I often comfort myself by remembering the scripture stories in which God seems to have the same problem. Sometimes I just wish I could rain down Fire & Brimstone to really drive my point home.)
ReplyDeleteI don't know maybe you just have 'Smart Alec' kids j/k
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