Fathering Rec's - Daddy to Son - Page 3

anatess · #21 (**permalink**) 07-05-2009, 06:16 PM

I don't have daughters, so sometimes I feel "alone" when the 2 boys and their dad do "guy" things - like wrestle on the floor. Sometimes the boys try to wrestle with me (I really really don't like that game - they get too rough and I always end up with a bruise or 2) and I have to say, I'm a princess, I don't wrestle. I think it is good for the boys to know how to treat a girl gently. :-)

But then they get hurt and they cry like the dickens and my husband would say, "Man up!", and I would always go and "kiss the booboo" and my husband always tells me "Don't baby them!" to which I would always say, hey, you wrestle with them, I kiss their booboos and give them cuddles until they won't let me anymore. I think it's good for the boys to know they can be weak around me and it's okay.

And then they always "invade" our bed in the middle of the night. We would wake up with limbs all tangled up, with me half-off the bed. My husband put a clock in their bedroom and imposed the "not until 6AM" rule - they can't invade our bedroom until 6AM. But sometimes we would miss them, so we got rid of the rule. I figured, this is not going to last too long, so might as well enjoy it while they still want to!

Then I bore testimony and told my 2 boys I love them from the pulpit and my son complained at the end of sacrament that I'm embrassing him. That made me cry. But then, I guess it has to come sooner or later...

Dr T · #22 (**permalink**) 07-08-2009, 08:46 PM

Monitor what your child watches, TV, movies, internet and watch what you watch too.

anatess · #23 (**permalink**) 07-09-2009, 10:09 PM

Teach them the power of agency. For example, don't just tell them don't drink alcohol, teach them so that they will choose for themselves not to drink alcohol.