Go ahead, pour salt in the wound.
Truth is, that up until Luke came along Mrs. did all the keepin' up with the homework. And school work got done and in on time. 'Course that was 5th grade. With Luke being so high maintenance I took over the supervision of the schoolwork.
He highly resented me having anything to do with it. And it caused behavior problems, so I backed off with the (what I thought anyway) understanding that the wife would step back in.
We went from Luke to her starting a new job to her dad getting sick to Nana moving in...wife was distracted and, quite frankly, did not follow through. It is difficult to discuss it with her in such specific terms because she feels guilty about it.
During that time was when the doctor kept wanting to try "new" medications. That's when I put my foot down.
Wife has made the promise to stay on top of things this year. If not, she don't get to play football either...
I had to have "the talk" with all three of mine the other day.
But now I can walk on the boys' floor and not get stabbed by legos in the night. And the dishes actually stay clean and put away.
You're doing the right thing Corin to straighten things up.
But you know, sometimes it really stinks being the Dad.
sneak