While I’m rocking a colicky fellow with my foot (& typing here at same time), I’m trying to get some other little & not so little people to listen to me, “Darlings, please brush your teeth & go to bed”…
I say it once gently & they all listen straightaway. They answer “G’night Mom, thanks for an amazing day & the delicious supper!” & they blow me kisses & all fly into (or is it ‘onto’?) their beds & drop to sleep…That’s after tidying up their rooms & pitching in in the kitchen too.
What is all this fuss about getting kids to listen? There’s people here whose kids don’t always listen?!
Na, not really, just joking (although the fact that they’re B”H good kids is not a joke)…
Kids who ALWAYS listen to what they’re told need a psychiatric evaluation. So thank Hashem that your kids are normal.