We all know kids are like sponges. Everything we do, say, wear, criticize, compliment, blow up at, love, hate and beyond….our kids are soaking it up like a sponge. So it had me thinking, am I sponge worthy? Am I saying and doing as I would want my children to say and do?

Yikes.

So here’s a great example.

The other day, my toddler said: “What’s wrong with this fucking Ipad!?”

Do you think she picked that up from somewhere?

Now, I can assure you that we have not said those exact words. However, we’ve obviously let the “F” word slip out enough times that she was able to use it appropriately in a sentence. Obviously NOT sponge worthy.

It may seem simple, but it’s hard. So we need to make sure we’re attempting to, and focusing on things that we deem sponge worthy, and less on things we do not want our kids to soak up and repeat.

Here’s a few examples of things that we can consider “SPONGE WORTHY”:

1: Being kind to a stranger.

2: Saying “please” and “thank you”.

3: Helping someone in need.

And now, let’s look at things that may not be considered “SPONGE WORTHY”:

1: Peeing on a police car.

2: Spitting on nuns.

3: Robbing a bank.

In case this lesson got confusing, let me recap. These things are bad. They are not sponge worthy. If you need to engage in them, try your best NOT to do them in front of your highly impressionable child/children/cops.

If you are on the verge of spitting on nuns in front of your children, feel free to call us, or email us at sothishappened@bleepingmotherhood.com, and we will coach you through how to step away from the nuns, and not spit on them.