Children are amazing little creatures

I sent my daughter to her Mima two weeks before school started while I continued our month long move. My crazy pain in the butt child was working the last few remaining nerves I had. She ended up staying for a week. When she came home with much protest I found that she was a much different child. She was calmer and more agreeable. I couldn't believe it. It reminded me of the time my first loves dog got picked up by the pound. Before his incarceration he ate my favorite shoes, my panties and made a complete mess of our house because we left him alone in the house. What a concept? Leaving a dog alone in a house, what were we thinking? The dog got out one day and ended up at the pound. He stayed there a week. When we brought him home he was the calmest Siberian Husky I had ever met. I hated the dog before and grew to love him after.

My child went away. Came home! We put our cat down and visited her sick father and went on about our life. Two weeks have gone by since then and I still find that I'm repeating myself less and she is calmer. So the lesson is to send your kids away for a week two weeks before school. The week before school you can spend with your child shopping for school supplies and having a little fun. I think we are going to make this a yearly tradition. Summers are spent with your kids attached to your hip. Give yourself a last minute summer vacation treat before you send your kids back to school and real life resumes. It will make you a happier parent. I found that after that week of peace I was a much calmer mom myself. Truth be told. Children are amazing little creatures. They feed off your demeanor. If you, like I was, are a very stressed out and anxiety ridden person they to will be stressed and anxiety ridden. This will cause you to want to tear your hair out because they will act out more just to drive you crazy. Taking the time off gave me a chance to recharge and settle down. I'm calmer so she's calmer. Lesson to live by. Every parent needs a break from time to time. Give it to yourself and to your kids. Everyone will be happier for it.