As parents we have the responsibility of teaching our children many lessons in life. I find that I spend the most time on the most basic ones - treat others kindly, share, don't lie, don't steal, don't hit (we work on that a lot).
Yesterday I realized I might not be setting the best example for don't cheat.
Brandt got a new DS game and there was a screen to input codes, which would unlock something. Nothing in the game or the instructions told me where to get these codes or what they were going to unlock, so I went to the Internet. Sure enough, there was a whole page of "cheat codes" I could I type in for his new game. I tried a couple and they unlocked new costumes and toys for his pets. He was thrilled and his very tired mom was saved from having to play the game and try to figure out how to win the codes herself - everyone wins, right?
The only problem, first thing this morning he wanted me to get back on the computer and get more codes. Now how do I explain that I was cheating on the computer? Believe me, no one wants to actually play Catz and get the codes themselves! Just listening to him play the game is enough to make me want to put Tabitha outside. Is it really cheating to save my sanity and not take care of a digital cat?
Maybe for now I will just focus on not hitting and sharing (we have plenty of room for improvement there!)
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