Jun 13 2009

Tip of the Day – Exercising Parental Restraint

Restraint DVDThere are many things that we want to say but don’t. This is true of everyone but it is particularly true of parents.

For example:

My son says, “I wish you could walk two puffles at once.”

What I want to say:

“I don’t give a crap about Club Penguin. Please stop talking to me about it. I would rather discuss almost any other topic. Stop. STOP!”

What I actually say:

“Oh yeah?”

Sometimes it’s more difficult to keep composure, but it’s worth the effort of course. Still, there will come a day — perhaps five minutes from now — when Club Penguin will be put to bed and I won’t have to hear about it. At least not until tomorrow.

Image: Amazon

(Note: The image has nothing to do with this post, except that it has the word “restraint” in it. I’ve never seen the movie. It looks quite awful.)