Just your mom, not your teacher

How to Raise an Adult9人有 · 評價1Julie Lythcott-Haims 著Holt / 2015-06

Tonight when helping Lawrence doing his homework, i felt a bit disappointed cuz he made the same mistake again.

He probably felt that disappointment and got angry and even about to sob.

M: maybe we should stop doing it for i am very tired too. 
 

L: No! I want to continue now!

M: but i am tired just like u. Maybe we should stop doing it. Since it’s ur study not mine. And I haven’t finished my work yet. 

I am ur mum, not ur teacher.

I am paid to be a teacher at school, but at home i am ur mum. I just wanna have fun with u rather than help u with ur study.

U are the one caring about ur study, not me. 暗搓搓洗腦

He was so angry that he tried to fight with me and yell at me.

Chuckling, i still persisted not to enter any more.

“It’s ur study. I just wanna dance and read with u. No matter how good i am at teaching, i am supposed to be ur mum first. Now plz finish it by urself and go to sleep. I care more about ur health than ur study.”

And then he began to study rather than whine about it again.

Before ?? 

M: mummy really cares about  u rather than ur study. Mummy only wanna

hug and kiss u every day. Can u do ur homework tomorrow by urself?

L: okay. But if i want ur help, can u still come and help me?

M: sure, but u should promise to respect me first, or i wont help u.