"So... I am the meanest mom ever... Like... Ever.
Took the kids to Dairy Queen after dinner. They ordered their dessert choices and we waited about 5 minutes for them to call out our number.
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[caption id="attachment_26751" width="361"]The young lady (maybe 17) handed each child their ice cream. Not one looked her in the eye. Not one said thank you. Not to her, not to me... So I waited.
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I counted to 10 in my head as they dug into their ice cream and the young lady just looked at me (probably because she thought I was hearing voices) and I watched as my children strolled out the door.
[caption id="attachment_26752" width="570"]I followed them outside where I calmly collected their ice creams and my kids watched in horror as I deposited them into the nearby garbage can. All 3 launched into mass hysteria.
I waited. Quiet. Calm. When they realized I had something to say, they quieted down.
[caption id="attachment_26753" width="299"]I explained that one day, if they were lucky, they would work a job like that young lady. And I would hope that people would see them. Really see them. Look them in the eye and say thank you. We are too old at 8/7/5 to move through our days without exercising manners and honestly basic human decency.
So today, I am the meanest mom in the world."
[caption id="attachment_26755" width="270"]"It's not enough to say please and thank you: we have to see people ...My children need to see the individual value in people," she said.Let us know what you think! [interaction id="57165b9939702c9c4ff03853"]
"One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him." Proverbs 13:24[rsnippet id="2"]