Do as I say....not as I do.

I was always told that as a kid.



But do kids really abide by that line of thinking?



If I tell my daughters not to drink, as I crack open a heineken, are they gonna listen to what I tell them or copy what they see me doing? But don't get me wrong, its not just about drinking? At what age do you stop shielding your kids from your own bad habits.....or do you just never hide them to begin with. I used to say that when I had kids, I was gonna be an open book.....one hundred percent real. No Santa, no Easter Bunny, no Tooth Fairy....none of that!!! Then I actually had kids and that philosophy went out the window! Cuz you wanna keep them kids for as long as possible. You're scared that if you expose them to something too early, they'll develop a bad habit from it. The problem that comes into play is that you don't want to raise them to be naive about the realities of the world in the process.

I guess the answer is balance......but who knows where the line is!

I don't know.....This world is crazy....I just want my girls to be able to PRODUCTIVELY survive in it.

I love them too much to fail them!

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