Why do we, as parents, sometimes say dumb things? Today, I had to laugh at myself when I realized that I tell Tyler about 20 times a day, “That’s the last time I’m going to tell you to ..” or some variation of this phrase. Of course, when I tell him the first time, it inevitably does not end up being the last time. He was fooling around by nephew’s truck today and I told him to stop. He stopped but returned about 2 seconds later. So of course I told him that this was the last time I was … Continue reading →