I regularly exercise complete Self-Control. My-SELF wants to be in Control. Unfortunately my daughters all display a similar disposition. The results are often unpleasant. Truth be told the more Control I exert, the more out-of-control the results. I know that clinically speaking the need for control stems from a place of fear, shame, or incompetence and is destructive in nature. The solution is a paradox, one must let go of control to gain control.
The incompetence part I understand but what of the fear. Am I afraid my children will become social despots if I loosen up?
Maybe tomorrow I will let Kira pick her own school clothes..???
I guess I could simply pin a note to her back explaining my social experiment to deter any questions to my wardrobe prowess.
4 comments:
Hi Kristi! I found your blog through Jaime's. I hope you don't mind. Kira looks absolutely adorable. I had a hard time with Grace's first day of school outfit too. I finally talked her into something I liked for day one, but the outfits for day two and three have been pretty interesting.
Hey friend, I feel your pain and I think that unfortunately you are right about the control issue. ARRRGH! I hate it when you are right! *wink, wink*
On a brighter note I think it is quite impossible for your gorgeous girls to become social despots. So there. :-)
Kira looks so pretty! Did we buy those shirts together? If so I didn't realize it at the time. She looks adorable in it!
I hear you. I think they should make some velcro signs we can put on thier backs just to let everyone know when they pick out their own outfits....seriously, like anyone would question it. We are so cool and would never send our kids out mismatched. Oh wait....this is me. I do that everyday. Hee hee.
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