You have moments, now and then, where your child does something that makes it all worth while. A moment that tells you the nagging, the lecturing, and the continual barrage of parental advice had an effect. It sank in and they remembered. The clouds part, the sunbeam lands on your head, the cherubs sing, and a voice tells you, "It worked!"
It happens when you hear your child say "Please" and "Thank you" for the first time without prodding. Or when you see them stop and look both ways before running headlong across the street.
Or when you ask your two year old what bedtime song he wants you to sing to him and he request the theme from "Blazing Saddles."
(sniff)
Posted by Cathy at September 5, 2004 11:10 AMAnd then when he wants you to sing the song for a second time on the same night you can tell him, "I think you've had enough!"
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at September 6, 2004 11:01 AM