The other night, an ice cream truck sang its way down our street. Unfortunately, it was past my children's bedtime, or we would have had a cool bedtime treat. I decided last year that, if we ever had the opportunity, we would buy something from the ice cream man, at least once. My mother, while she is a great mother, would never let us get anything. I'm sure it's a waste of money, and I know that the truck would have been long gone before we could have gotten up the street to where it passed, but I sure wish she would have let us try once. This one is easy for me to say "yes" to because of my unfulfilled childhood memories.
However, I struggle with being a yes-mom. I don't like messes. More than that, I hate cleaning up messes that I didn't make. Being a yes-mom seems to involve a lot of cleaning. But I am trying. I was proud of myself when I said "yes," when my children asked to use finger paints this week.
While there are many things that I cannot say "yes" to, there are many that I can...if I can get over the mess.
Do you struggle with being a yes-mom?
5 comments:
Oh, yes!! I certainly do. I'm completely with you on the "clean up a huge mess" thing. But you've inspired me to work on it... Thanks!
I am a proud yes mom :) It's taken me a few years to get to this point, but I finally reached it!!
I do say no when it's needed - but mostly I say "yes!"
Mindy, I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggles with it!
Aurie, good for you! And there are definitely times when we need to be no-moms.
I, too, struggle with being a "yes" mom! I hope I am getting better at saying "yes" to their requests, although now that they are getting older, our children are much better at containing their messes.
It's much easier to be a "yes-mom" when your children are old enough to clean up their own messes! I let mine do lots of stuff now..."yes, you can do that, and yes, you will clean it up"! It teaches responsibility and builds character. :)
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