the Police Mom

Time after time, the effort of being the “police mom” started to pay off. At 9 o’clock sharp when the long hand on the clock points to 12, the short hand points to 9, Sienna knows well her time is up. The rules are simple. If she makes more demands, even the reasonable ones, she would get exactly what she doesn’t want. I will close the door on her – we always have her bedroom door open and the light on the hall way is always on through out the night. I started to get her ready around 8 o’clock. Bath, reading and chatting. If she delays her pace to go into the routine, then she is not going to get enough reading before going to sleep... These policing methods are easy to explain, but not easy to carry out. When a child is small like this, it’s all up to us to mould her. It takes perseverance, consistency and determination on our part to eventually pass on these characteristic traits to her.