My mom had a day care center, usually full—26 kids aged 2 and up. There were four rooms, each one with varying amouts of play stuff. Before lunch she’d call out, “Let’s pick up.” Within four or five minutes all the kids (and not my mom) had put everything away, leaving all the rooms clear for lunch, nap time cots, quieter nap time play for non-nappers, etc. No drama, because Mom had built the ultimate no-drama tool: As newbies on Day #1, each child had learned This Is The Way It’s Done Here by absorbing the calm, no-drama way all 25 other kids simply put everything away. Nobody got upset, whined, cried, pouted, argued, etc.; that kind of thing Just Wasn’t Done. Peer pressure. :-)
Wanda and Darryl should have been teaching the kids how to clean up after themselves from the very beginning. Darryl, however, should already know how to be responsible and clean up after himself. He’s supposed to be an adult.
C over 1 year ago
Life of a nag
allen@home over 1 year ago
You didn’t read the instruction book that came with being a mom did you Wanda ?
gbars70 over 1 year ago
Oh, there’s plenty of things to lecture about during meals.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
must Wanda do everything the children and Darryl don’t wanna do?
leopardglily over 1 year ago
Another rerun. What’s up with this week?
ꜝ over 1 year ago
you want some oats?
maybe an apple?
sugar cube?
iggyman over 1 year ago
Saves cleanup later Wanda!
Ichabod Ferguson over 1 year ago
Before TED Talks there were Moms.
MS72 over 1 year ago
Mom gave up and let the guys live upstairs. She’d put clean clothes on the first stair step. She and my sister stayed downstairs.
ctolson over 1 year ago
This theme can equally apply to the husband/father.
mjjk1985 over 1 year ago
Life of a WOMAN
ChessPirate over 1 year ago
Bleak Pointer: Wanda Forever (It’s a stretch, I know) ☺
tremaine53 over 1 year ago
If you didn’t nag your family so much, Wanda, they’d like you better.
coffeemom88 over 1 year ago
Wanda, bless your heart. You’re educating, not lecturing :-)
bigplayray over 1 year ago
Has Wanda been hanging out with my wife? ;)
T... over 1 year ago
C’mon you chose it, you love it, these are the happiest days in your life cause soon dey be gone…
Judy Hendrickson [Unnamed Reader - 852856] over 1 year ago
Spoken like men or should I say kids!!!
Sue Ellen over 1 year ago
…which then go in one ear and out the other.
The Quiet One over 1 year ago
You could try not lecturing as much. Just sayin.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 1 year ago
Not MIGHT step on them. Somebody WILL step on them.
cmxx over 1 year ago
My mom had a day care center, usually full—26 kids aged 2 and up. There were four rooms, each one with varying amouts of play stuff. Before lunch she’d call out, “Let’s pick up.” Within four or five minutes all the kids (and not my mom) had put everything away, leaving all the rooms clear for lunch, nap time cots, quieter nap time play for non-nappers, etc. No drama, because Mom had built the ultimate no-drama tool: As newbies on Day #1, each child had learned This Is The Way It’s Done Here by absorbing the calm, no-drama way all 25 other kids simply put everything away. Nobody got upset, whined, cried, pouted, argued, etc.; that kind of thing Just Wasn’t Done. Peer pressure. :-)
windjammers over 1 year ago
Wanda and Darryl should have been teaching the kids how to clean up after themselves from the very beginning. Darryl, however, should already know how to be responsible and clean up after himself. He’s supposed to be an adult.
ToneeRhianRose over 1 year ago
Haha! XD