Noisy little voices
Out to change your mind,
Giving children choices
Gets you in a bind,
Tangled in your course
Without the line well drawn.
Establish rules with force
Or with the line you’re strung.
Conscience rightly forms
Amidst your just because.
Endure their little storms.
Don’t compromise a clause.
Be their Mom or Dad.
Never just their friend.
Correct them when they’re bad.
They’ll thank you in the end.
Cucumber Lodge 