Kids are great
For other children, Marco-Polo and other games involve quickly determining who is "it" and then playing. For my children, these are games of shouting "1!-2!-3!-4!-Not it!" and then arguing constantly over who was last. This continues for thirty to forty minutes, or until everyone involved in the game has hurt feelings and nobody is speaking. Kids are great.
"I really would like to outfit them with shock collars." This is my wife, having just called the kids to dinner seven times. They feel, apparently, that if they dive underwater when being spoken to, that they do not need to listen. I think the shock collars would be a bit drastic. We should fill the pool with dirt and create another garden. Then ground the kids until they are 23.
We have been discussing having more children, so figuring out a parenting style that works, injuring neither us nor the kids, would be good. At present, our parenting style is great from the kids’ perspective, but leaves us fuming and at risk of strokes. More children? No!– we are not planning on getting knocked up, but rather trying our hands at foster care. Surely, getting kids who are grateful to have a stable home life is how you end up with well-behaved children, right? Or do we still need to figure out this whole parenting thing?
