ok here is mty weekend with the skids
Well not too often do we have a bad weekend but I have to tel you this one was one of those.
It started off with ss15 slamming is wooden box on the hood of our expedition so he was in trouble as soon as he got out of the car friday night. Then they were to put their clothes away that I found all over their rooms (they were supposed to have already been put away) so they all got upset but I told them that if they had been putting away their clothes all this time they wouldn't have a huge pile to do all at once. So then they tell their dad they want to start bringing their clothes from their moms and not have any here. I asked dh "you know why they want to do that right"? he said yes he does but if they want to. I told him "what happened to responsibility?" The reason they want to do that is b/c bm will pack for them and she will unpack and wash them herself and put them away. They don't have to do a thing! Ok whatever.
Then sunday everyone was to be cleaning before they go back as it is not fair to leave the house a mess and they get to go home and do nothing. So I blogged about the younger 2 getting all upset and crying (full blown tears) to their dad about them not making the bed right and I told them to redo it. They came back and redid it right! But only after the huge drama that came with it.
Then as we were leaving ss13 asked ss15 where his head phones were. ss15 said don;t worry about it and to knock it off. Of course he got upset. ss15 things he is their boss b/c bm lets him do that crap to them. I asked ss15 did you borrow his head phone? He said yes he did and he told him wh4ere they were and to go get them and he won't that is his problem. I told ss15 that when you borrow something you give it back to that person and make sure they get them as you are responsible for them till they get them back. He argued with me. He said it was a waste of his time. While this was going on dh only got some of it and told ss15 to do what he is told of course the whole he was griping saying it was a waste and he was mean to ss13. Dh was not getting it that it had nothing to do with what he was told to do but rather that he was being mean about something he borrowed. This was really bad as ss15 was trying to make ss13 feel bad about asking for his stuff back. I laid into him again and dh came in and was trying to help but he wasn't getting what was going on. So i pulled him aside and told him the deal, then he laid into ss15 about that. But I can tell you that he still thinks he was right to be mean to ss13. :?
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I hate weekends like that!
I hate weekends like that! Filled with nothing but senselss CRAP! SD14 does that kind of stuff ALL the time to my BD11. Or she'll ask to borrow something of BD and NEVER let BD borrow anything of hers!! BD falls for it everytime!!
I totally see your point about the whole clothes thing!! let them try it though. Box thier sh* up and tell them to bring a bag...Let them drag the dirty clothes back over to Moms!! I'm sure she'd love that.
Dads will never get it. It's the simple things....I told the kids (4 total) I never ask them to pick up after anybody but THEMSELVES and if they really wanted to "shut me up" then do it!!!!!!!!
I was way more upset about
I was way more upset about ss15 borrowing something and then refusing to give them back. He told ss13 where they were and walked off. ss13 couldn't find them but it was not his responsibility anyway. ss15 borrowed them and he should have gave them back. Instead of saying it was a waste of his time and he still wanted to argue about it. I'm going to tell ss13 and ss11 to not let ss15 borrow their things if he doesn't want to give them back and for the way he acted. Maybe a few times of them tell him no and why he will get the point. I doubt it but at least they will have their stuff. I'm a firm believer in that it is their stuff and no one is allowed to touch it unless they say so and they have to be asked to borrow their stuff and not allowed to just take. And they have the right to refuse the use to anyone for their own reasons. This has really worked well for us as most of the kids do share very well knowing that it will be taken care of. But ss15 is the only one that can't seem to get it that he can't just take and not return. He seems to thing he has the right to use what ever he wants and to leave it where ever he wants. This is b/c bm treats him better then the other 2 and is allowed to do this crap at her house.