I promise myself I won’t do it again every time I resort to it. And then in the middle of the next time, I have guilt hitting smack in the face. I just don’t know how to stop. I am a briber.
These are the products of the last bribe. The bribe that came flying out of my mouth in the middle of family pictures. I just wanted the kids to behave long enough to get at least one good photo. One.
And then there are these…
Yeah, the necklaces the kids got when I was shopping for the clothes for the family pictures. I needed a distraction and after a quick glance, I saw the racks of jewelry. I figured I could get 5 minutes if I told them to go pick one out.
I even bribed on Halloween…one more picture and then you can play five more minutes.
Am I alone? Am I the only guilty briber?
You are not alone. You are a typical mom trying to gain sanity!
I'm such a briber! I might have said I would cancel Halloween if he did not take a nap. Then Tuesday, I may have given him M&Ms to get him into school with a smile & in time for me to get to work on time myself…
Not really a briber here – the only toys we get are the ones the kids buy w/their allowance…but can I just say how much I HATE Squinkies?!?! And now there are BOY Squinkies?!?!? Aubree's Havapoo puppy EATS them like CANDY – and Garrett's Thor Superhero Squinkie even came out WHOLE in the POO!!! AAACCCKKK!!!!
Not much of a briber here- mostly because if I start doing it, I won't have many options left and the power eventually becomes all theirs. They would keep wanting more and bigger and better for less and less expectations.