Too big for his britches

Oh how many times I've heard that saying. Well now I've got a son who's acting just that way, too big for his britches. I'm constantly after him to pick up after himself. I don't want my child to grow into a man who leaves his dirty clothes on the floor and dirty dishes under the couch. Many women know the kind of man I'm talking about, we all want to change them but habits are hard to break. Well this morning my son found one tiny piece of paper I had dropped on the floor after making a birthday card. He yells up the stair to me "Mom when are you going to learn to pick up after your self?!" That's a big thing for a little man to be saying to his mother! I'm sure in his little 7 year old head that wasn't a bad thing to say, perhaps he was even trying to be funny. I however did not find it funny. I am not raising my son to be disrespectful to others like that. I don't even know where he got that phrase. I know I've told him he needs to learn to pick up after himself but I have NEVER said it like that. So hard to teach them how to be respectful when there is so much disrespect going on around them.

Hard work for us parents who actually care