It's easy to give the kids what they ask for, saying 'NO' to them is difficult.
When you give them the green light, it opens up their eyes almost instantly, a wide smile too. You may see them vanish in split second, right to their computer (kids' all-time favourite in this IT era), without any sign of gratitude for saying 'Yes' to them.
If you object to their demands, groans and moans will follow. Hostile stares and frowning faces are expected. After all the facial protests, next come the verbal ones, of course. The 'whys' will be showered to me. Not that they want to know the real reasons for depriving them of their pleasures, all they are after is indulgence in their favourite pastime.
More headache will come when they start to bombard Mom with questions or remarks which sometimes can pierce you through the heart.
"You are a bad mother,"
"You always don't let me..."
Wyng can't hold his tears if he is forbidden to do something he yearns to, for instance, iPad-ing or playing on Dad's tablet or smart phone.
Yet, someone hard-headed like me will not give in. Or to put it crudely, it takes a black heart mom to say No when the kids demand relentlessly.
So, it's really not easy.
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