Here's the thing. I am surprisingly patient towards a lot of boondogglery, mostly because I'm a difficult human being myself, especially in the morning, and I feel it's not fair to judge someone who just woke up, but when something annoys me its like nails on a chalkboard. Example? Catherine's puppy noises.
I get it. Its 7am, it's abnormally cold in her mom’s house, and she would rather not be bossed around or asked questions. But ignoring me when I talk/acting like I don't exist OR responding with pouts, wiggles, and I really don't know what to call it other than sad puppy noises makes me CRAZY.
And here is really issue number two... When Catherine's mom isn't there I'd turn off the TV and boot camp this *ish but given that her mom responds to everything as if Catherine is fatally injured, nothing gets done when she is there. It makes the entire morning process impossible and we end up cramming everything into the last 5 minutes before we leave for school.
I suppose this is more of an AM venting session but my point here is that my mother was right. Yea, I said it. Children need to learn respect. They need to learn how to respond to people, especially adults. When I was younger, we had family friends that we called the ‘Bubba Twins’; mainly because we couldn’t tell them apart. They drove my mom nuts because, even as teenagers, they responded to everything with grunting noises. I understand that the children I work with are young but the bottom line is that if people/parents continue to give kids a hall pass on manners until they are the elusive “old enough”, it’s too late.
I get it. Its 7am, it's abnormally cold in her mom’s house, and she would rather not be bossed around or asked questions. But ignoring me when I talk/acting like I don't exist OR responding with pouts, wiggles, and I really don't know what to call it other than sad puppy noises makes me CRAZY.
And here is really issue number two... When Catherine's mom isn't there I'd turn off the TV and boot camp this *ish but given that her mom responds to everything as if Catherine is fatally injured, nothing gets done when she is there. It makes the entire morning process impossible and we end up cramming everything into the last 5 minutes before we leave for school.
I suppose this is more of an AM venting session but my point here is that my mother was right. Yea, I said it. Children need to learn respect. They need to learn how to respond to people, especially adults. When I was younger, we had family friends that we called the ‘Bubba Twins’; mainly because we couldn’t tell them apart. They drove my mom nuts because, even as teenagers, they responded to everything with grunting noises. I understand that the children I work with are young but the bottom line is that if people/parents continue to give kids a hall pass on manners until they are the elusive “old enough”, it’s too late.
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