A Realization . . .

My kids are out of control. OK, mostly it's DS I think. He got in big trouble at church last night. He was just being an out of control pain in the you know where. How did this happen? What did I do wrong? I have major guilt - I've obviously done him some kind of disservice by not teaching him how to act appropriately. I'm so frustrated - is it too late to fix it? DD is usually really good in public but DS use to be too. So is she doomed to the same fate - teachers and other parents not wanting her around because she stirs up trouble?

I wish there was a magic potion to give them to turn them into the "yes ma'am, no ma'am" type of kids. But, alas, there is not. And really the "yes ma'am, no ma'am" type of kids drive me crazy. Maybe because I was that type of kid and it was because I was scared of my own shadow! I never spoke my mind or gave an opinion or said what I thought! (Maybe that's why I have so many of them now - opinions that is!)

I just hope my hooligans can confine their hooliganness to at home - why should other people have to put up with it?