They are 6 and 7 years old this year.
They were good at cleaning up after themselves...g ood at making their own sandwiches, and getting a bowl of cereal. They used to wake up, eat breakfast, brush teeth and go to school. Now...they're just lazy because they choose to behave more like their mom. It's like they don't care to go to school since they know mom will just sneak off and play. They feel like why should they go to school everyday while their mom just plays around. They aren't totally ignorant, they do have their suspicions.
My children however do respect me with the money and buying of things. Since they see how hard I worked and how hard I take care of them. So when I say no, I don't just simply say no...I explain to them choices. If we pay for this, then we won't have enough money to pay for something else. They also know that mom is hardly every around, supposedly working. If their mom was supposedly working, how come she always have no money for anything.