Parenting is not for wimps

When the kid’s teacher complains about his excess talking and not paying attention, to him in front of you, you expect he’ll be chastened and spend the rest of the day being extra good. Wrong. Not only does he not obey when you ask him to do something like hang up his coat or stop putting his grubby paw in the cereral box, but he lies to you about finishing his homework. When he tells you to shut up, you get a sudden appreciation for child abuse. Instead, you dock use of his Nintendo DS game for part of the upcoming weekend. Then, after his mother gets home, you go grocery shopping to cool off. Grocery shopping. Geez.