Friday, January 6, 2012

I'm a terrible mom, or am I???

Everything is so black and white in T's world.  So is it wrong that I used her news-watching obsession and Casey Anthony as a reason why I'm not the "stupid, worst mother EVER" she often claims me to be?  You know, since it's so important to show the monster's new video every other news feed?  T asked what Casey Anthony did and at first I just said she made really bad choices.  With each time that damn video pops up on the TV, that answer is that much weaker in the eyes of that too smart for her own good mind.  So finally this morning when she kept pushing for details I caved and said, "She killed her baby."  That was met with, "Her very OWN baby?!?".  Yep, her very own baby.  So she processed that for awhile and then asked 1,001 other questions to which I cut off with a simple, "You know how you get angry and say I'm the meanest, most stupid, terrible mommy EVER?  Do you think I'm so bad now that you know there are mommies out there who do those things to their babies?  I love you and do everything I can to keep you safe.  I make rules so bad things don't happen to you."  I wouldn't say that to just any 6 yr old, but we're not talking about just any 6 yr old.  We're talking about T.  So I'll be awaiting her response, that is sure to come at bedtime after she's stored it all away and taken several hours to process it all. 

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