tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875880171885324828.post3358642684059668862..comments2023-05-15T08:18:35.148-07:00Comments on Momma Mindy's Moments: SH!!! Mom's on the PHONE!Mindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15182293568554955242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875880171885324828.post-35520068388193822712011-01-27T21:07:18.807-08:002011-01-27T21:07:18.807-08:00Tandis, a few days slow, but still wanted to answe...Tandis, a few days slow, but still wanted to answer. I just didn't give in. Even if I just stood there for a few minutes, I stood and waited. If I had to call a second time, or had to go get them, it would mean discipline and/or instruction. There are battles you choose to always win, this was one of them for me. <br /><br />As with anything, it takes a few days of training and the rest of your life in follow-through and it can come true. <br /><br />My older kids were shocked the other day when the youngest child in the family hollered back to me, "I'm busy." I realized I had been lax, went back over the reason for Mommy's rule and we've had cheerful compliance ever since.<br /><br />I realized another blessing of the rule, it is a subtle, quiet way of showing headship - Mommy is the boss.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182293568554955242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875880171885324828.post-29252140602506482642011-01-26T11:18:51.251-08:002011-01-26T11:18:51.251-08:00:) Loved the blog!
So please tell, how did you te...:) Loved the blog!<br /><br />So please tell, how did you teach them to come on the first call? =/ We're having terrible frustration in this area these days with a certain FOUR year old. I'd like to spank her every time I don't get a response but... not sure I reallllly want to EVERRRRYYYY time. =/~ Tandis ~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13441778335750280660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875880171885324828.post-11284646897501764372011-01-26T08:15:41.953-08:002011-01-26T08:15:41.953-08:00Wow - you should write a book!! That's the be...Wow - you should write a book!! That's the best parenting tip I've heard in a long time! ;)Traceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03901952910404523187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875880171885324828.post-57639683019489371582011-01-25T18:10:32.932-08:002011-01-25T18:10:32.932-08:00Yep, it's universal. And with my youngest at a...Yep, it's universal. And with my youngest at almost 12 I am fascinated that it still works. My rare phone calls almost always end up with everyone busily doing stuff in very close proximity to the phone!<br />wish I had worked it out sooner as well :-)Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09705309602853231946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875880171885324828.post-18754012780509672292011-01-25T11:21:51.352-08:002011-01-25T11:21:51.352-08:00MM! You are brilliant.
I want to come sit at you...MM! You are brilliant. <br /><br />I want to come sit at your feet and learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875880171885324828.post-7989311615472363232011-01-25T10:29:04.169-08:002011-01-25T10:29:04.169-08:00Genius!! A phone call is guaranteed to get all my...Genius!! A phone call is guaranteed to get all my children clinging to my legs, screaming for some absolutely necessary trivia. So, when I want them, pick up the phone. When I don't want them, call them. Genius.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04465447686967934406noreply@blogger.com