The Tale of Fire Pants

 “Liar…liar…pants on fire…hangin’ from a telephone wire.” How many times in your childhood have you said or heard this taunting rhyme? (too many times to remember).  Isn’t it strange how loosely we use these expressions and never once think about how much truth it holds………

The Tale of Fire Pants is about a little 10yr old boy (my son) who is currently on a punishment. Well, yesterday I had gotten home from a long day at work. I wasn’t feeling too well so I decided to lie down and take a nap. Once I got out of bed, I went to check on the kids. All of my kids were present except my 10yr old. I proceed to questioning his sister about his whereabouts only to discover that he was outside.

As I looked out the window I could clearly see my son having the time of his life playing basketball. I stood at that window for about a good 5minutes before I go to the door to call him inside. While standing there watching him, I was flustered with so many emotions.  I felt anger, disrespect, sadness, and hurtful that my son would take it upon himself, to do what he wanted to do, despite the fact that he is on punishment.

I begin to call his name……Dejon……Dejon……he comes to the door with this look on his face (wish you could’ve seen it)! And before I could ask what he was doing outside he let that lie role so smoothly off of his tongue. “Mom, I was taking out the trash,” he said. (little did he know I had been watching him through the window). “Stop lying!” I yelled. “You just added two more weeks to your punishment!”

The sad part about this story is that it sounds all too familiar. The stories may be funny, but in the end he is still a “LIAR”. After this incident occurred I was up nearly half the night thinking about how comfortable he was with telling me a lie. I had so many questions and thoughts going through my head.

Here are the top two questions that I had to ask my readers.

1.       When does it go from something they do, to something they are?

2.      How long do you excuse their fibbing before they become a liar?

The Case of the Locked TV Code

I have dish network on my TV's. In my movie room (where the kids watch TV) I put a Parental Lock on the TV. This morning my 6yr old comes to me and say mommy, "I KNOW THE CODE"!  I looked at him with a puzzled look on my face because I did not understand what he was talking about. So I ask him, what code? He says, mommie the "TV CODE"! (Blank Stare).......how do you know the code Michael ( I use their first names when I am about to lay down the MOMMY LAW)! hehehehe..........anywhoo, he says to me in his whispering voice, Dejon, showed me! But, you can't tell him I told you Mom.....it is our SECRET!!!! UUUGGGHHHH.........now I can't say anything because he pulled the "SECRET CARD"! But I have a secret of my own....I am going to go in and change the code again! HAHAHAHAHAHA.........

Any suggestions?

Death at the hands of a LECTURING TEACHER.........

Soooooo.....I am in class today and I am listening to my professor lecture on today's topic. Somewhere during the lecture I felt like apart of me died. All I could focus on was the tone of his voice, how many times he repeated several words (the sell, the sell, the sell....) it probably was more than that and how much rambling he was doing. It got me to thinking how does my kids feel when they are in their moment of death at the hands of a LECTURING TEACHER!!!  Parents, what do you think your kids are thinking about during this breathtaking moment?

The Great Piercing Debate

Okay, so my 15yr old daughter is into piercings (she does not have any at the present time). She is constantly asking me questions and opinions about piercings. "Mom.....how does this look and what do you think about this?" Honestly, I think she likes to make my flesh crawl....lol. As a parent I just don't think she is ready to take that step ( I DO HAVE MY REASONS FOR FEELING THIS WAY)! My question to you all is, At what point or maturity level do you let your child/children take responsibility of the jurisdiction of their bodies?