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9 things you shouldn't say to your child

Submitted by on July 13, 2011 – 10:03 am No Comment
parenting

I was trying to do two things at once — cook (in the kitchen) while deciphering some paperwork (in the next room). I’d been interrupted a thousand times with requests for snacks, shrieks over spilled paint water, questions about what squirrels like to eat, and arguments over whether clouds could be blue and flowers could be green. And did I mention that a ruptured disk in my back was throbbing even worse than my head?

Still, nothing can excuse my behavior that afternoon.

I erupted like Mount Momsuvius: “Enough! Get out! Stop bothering me!”  Continue

My Comments:
Okay, so I am listening to CNN this morning at my desk and this reporter came on with this article…”9 Things not to say to your kids”.  Now, I must admit, I am not the most liberal father out there, but for crying out loud…you have got to be kidding me.  You have got to read this.

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