I don’t have a honey do list, I do all of the maintenance around the house without being asked. She points out something she sees, I put it on my list of stuff to fix. Most times it’s at least one trip somewhere to get some new parts for something somebody broke! Most things I do are not even on the brides radar. She broke the handle on the screen door over the winter when the bottom of the door froze to the deck, we got a new entry door and screen door. She said “why didn’t you just change the handle”? Because they were both trashed, and it was time!
As for my kids, they listen, and fear me, not because I’ve ever hit or threatened them, it’s because they don’t want to disappoint me. And they don’t disappoint me very often, but the fear that I will take an action against them as stated above is enough for them to at least think before they act, most of the time! Last time the boy was disrespecting his mom, he rode the bus, which means getting up an hour earlier, and riding the bus for 45 minutes. That lasted one day, and hasn’t said a disrespectful thing to her since! I carry through with my “punishments” which I alway try to fit the “crime”!
As for my kids, they listen, and fear me, not because I’ve ever hit or threatened them, it’s because they don’t want to disappoint me. And they don’t disappoint me very often, but the fear that I will take an action against them as stated above is enough for them to at least think before they act, most of the time! Last time the boy was disrespecting his mom, he rode the bus, which means getting up an hour earlier, and riding the bus for 45 minutes. That lasted one day, and hasn’t said a disrespectful thing to her since! I carry through with my “punishments” which I alway try to fit the “crime”!
