Why my kids don’t listen to me
I don’t think they trust me
I think they know I’m a liar
I think my kids don’t respect me because they think I’m a fraud
I watch kids respect their parents and those parents have a few things in common and they all kind of have to line up
1. Evenly nice or evenly stern - consistent
2. Trustworthy - they keep their word
3. They don’t waste time being lazy
4. They don’t question a kids bad habit when they have the same horrible habit themselves. I.e. media, cursing, eating bad food - they see you do it and tell them not to - that breaks the trust. Parents who get respect have consistent good habits their kids emulate.
I am not any of these things. I violate all of them and I have to change. I’m wasting my life being a lazy clown.