Why Being a Parent Can Totally Suck

Happy Gilmore got invited to a birthday party next week. He really WANTS to go and he really NEEDS to go. So tonight he threw Gomer on his bed because he was angry with him. We've had this problem before. I called him and told him that he was going to miss youth group tonight and instead sit with me in church and write a two-page front and back paper on why one should be good to your siblings and why you shouldn't attack people when you're angry.

He then shrugged his shoulders, gave me a smug look and very sarcastically said, "Okay." White Boy looked up at him when he heard the sarcasm because he knew Happy had just made a horrible mistake. We've been having an issue with this and I've told him that if he kept it up it was going to cost him...dearly.

Tonight it cost him the birthday party.

I can't remember the last time he cried over a punishment. Of course I feel like cow dung, but the kid HAS to stop with the attitude. That's all there is to it.

So right now, it really sucks to be a parent.