It is common to judge the nurturing of others if you take into account what you do. No parent really has an instruction book to build on. There are many fathers and mothers who lie to their children every day, almost realizing that they are doing it. If you think that you are totally honest with your children all the time, you are deceiving yourself.
We are not just talking about things like the Three Wise Men or the Tooth Fairy, we are talking about lying - lying. Doing so can save your sanity from time to time and even keep your wallet intact in your pocket. Sometimes you can even notice some amusement in what you say to them. Do you want to remember some of those lies?
It's broken
When your children go to a shopping center with you and want to get on all the moving cars that takes money away from you and only lasts a couple of minutes ... The best way to avoid yelling and tantrums is to tell them that it is broken.
You can't eat that, it's bad
This is reserved for anything your kids want that you don't feel like sharing. As a mother, you can usually resign yourself to having socks of anything that seems to taste good, but some things cannot be shared. Don't be ashamed to hide your treats behind the closed bathroom door at 10 p.m.But when they spy on you and catch you, you can tell them that this is too spicy and that it would burn their mouth.
It is a lie with a limited shelf life, when they are old enough they will know that that ice cream flavor does not bite that it is good and that you have to share it ... because at home you have to share things!
I'm pooping
When you're in the bathroom looking at things online, you only want 5 minutes to yourself. Either to check your Instagram, your Facebook or Twitter. Perhaps you are eating chocolate on the sly or having a glass of wine without being disturbed ...
Being the mother of a (large) family means that to continue with your mental sanity you will need time alone, and if you do not force it, you will never have it. They are your minutes of happy solitude. But you will tell your children that your belly hurts and that you need to poop several times a day ... You know you have done it sometime, and if not ... today you will!
If you don't go to bed, the Three Wise Men (or Santa Claus) will pass you by
Yes, you can smile remembering how you told your children last year, and you know that this year you will also tell them. What this really means is: "If you don't go to sleep, Mom and Dad won't be able to open the second (or third) bottle of wine." As soon as the children go to bed to wait for the Three Wise Men or Santa Claus to arrive ... that's when the real parenting party begins.
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