Things you swore you'd never do to your kids, but you do them anyway

In My Humble Opinion
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So I’m diddybopping along through the grocery aisles the other day with Little Guy just chilling in the buggy when I notice something. He’s got a booger stuck to his nose. It’s gross, and I want it to go away but I don’t have any wipes.
What’s an unprepared mum to do?
Yes, that’s right. Just lick my thumb and scrub away, causing him to squirm and bleat at me but damned if I didn’t get that nose clean.

As I finish this charming little ritual, I remember just how much I HATED it when my mom did that to me as a kid. I remember swearing I’d “never do that to my kids”.
::sigh:: Another ideal betrayed.

So what do you do to your kids that you always swore you wouldn’t?

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(sigh)

I use the phrase “Because I said so…” when I am exasperated. I hate using it, but sometimes it IS because I said so. I might tell them later on why such-and-such had to be that way, but I hear myself saying those words and shudder.

But I still hate doing it. I do my best to refrain, but like I said, sometimes, it has to be said, in terms of time constraints.

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I recently uttered the following sentences: “Turn that crap DOWN! That is not music, it is NOISE!”

:::::sigh:::::::