The Stupid Jar

Unsolicited parenting advice....I'm feeling defiant today, fighting to be me, in a society of people I'm nothing like.....Ok, it's not thought of as appropriate these days, but when my children were growing up and in their teen years, we had a stupid jar.... I thought it was best to raise the kids with consistency in all areas, anyway, whenever I asked the kids to do something, I only said it once, if I said it a second time, they had to put a dollar in the stupid jar.  It didn't happen often, but when it did, I didn't think I was belittling them.   Isn't it ironic, funny, interesting, that you can look back in time, and apply today's standards onto something that happened a long time ago, and then see it in an entirely different way....  Today, not only do they still love and like me, they've both finished college, and engineer and a nurse, and are using all their gifts and skills to build their own lives.  I celebrate their successes as my own, and realize without having a kick ass mother, they wouldn't be who they are today, my idols.