GREAT READS → LIFE LAB Issue 818 · July 8, 2020

Mom for a Day 

It’s a kiddie coup —Esther’s kids run the house for two days

Mom for a Day 

“You’re the worst Mommy ever!”

If you’ve never heard a variation of that theme, you’re not a mother.

My kids usually say this to me after I enforce something “for their own good.” See, kids don’t have a firm grasp on the concept of suffering for the sake of values, like yes to bathing, no to candy and more screen time.

So, after one too many “worse evers,” I turned to my kids and said, “How would you like to be in charge?”

They looked at me suspiciously — was this a trap? Because if it wasn’t, the answer was yes!

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