More Fun Than Allowed…with Kids

I love to bake with the kids.  They love to help pour ingredients, crack the eggs, and sample the batter.  On Friday, in anticipation of Movie Night, Puddin Pop and I decided to make soft Oreo cookies.  It was very simple and they tasted Awesome.  Even got Hubby’s approval.  He thought I should go to the store to get something chocolate to go with the popcorn and High School Musical 3.  We sure fooled him.  If you’d like to try these for yourself…the recipe is below.

Warning:  The kids usually get to “clean the bowl” when we make cakes or cupcakes.  Since this recipe uses cake mix, PP was a little confused.  We put a batch of cookies in the oven and then I went to rotate the laundry.  When I came back she had removed the mixing bowl, from the counter, with all the “dough” and was munching on it, claiming to “clean the bowl.”  You’ve been warned. 

Soft Oreo Cookies

1 box Devil’s food cake mix

2 eggs

1/4 cup of vegetable oil

Mix together all ingredients.  Roll into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet and slightly flatten.  Bake at 350 in a preheated oven for 8-12 minutes.  Immediately upon removal from oven DROP cookie sheet onto a flat surface to flatten cookies.  Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes and remove from tray.  When completely cooled put a healthy amount of creme cheese frosting between two cookies for a creamy, delicious soft Oreo cookie. 

Enjoy!

Do NOT hit! 

That’s what we teach our children.  We also set the example.

I do not believe that there is any good lesson in spanking my children.  The only thing it teaches is that bigger people can physically harm smaller ones, and for what reason?

The old “I was spanked when I was a kid, and I turned out okay” rhetoric gets to me every-time.  I used to walk across the room to turn on the TV, change the channel, and adjust the volume.  Technology has made it easier, I don’t do those things anymore.  I use a remote.

Pediatricians and Psychologists now warn against striking our children due to the harmful repercussions it can cause, but as a society, we are slow to believe and trust in this technology and it disturbs me as to why.

No where in our adult lives is it okay to strike another.  When we are upset with a co-worker’s performance, or a neighbor’s meddling, we don’t hit them, and we would definitely suffer consequences if we did.  So why would we spank children? 

If they are misbehaving, showing a lack of self control, aren’t we showing a similar lack of self control by striking them?  If we really waited for the situation to deescalate, calmed ourselves and our child down, would we really still feel like a spanking was what they needed?

I understand that for some it is a religious belief, and I’m not trying to tell anyone how to raise their children.  Just think about what the real lesson is, and what you want your child to learn from it.

In 20 years, we can get our families together and see how my unspanked children compare to those that are physically punished. I have every confidence in myself as a parent, that my children will succeed in anything they put their mind to, they will be self confident, and they will never even dream of striking their children.  It will NOT be how they were raised.

PS:  Thank you so much to The Mom Buzz for promoting my previous post here

http://www.ohanamamablog.com/2008/11/ohana-mamas-monday-mom-buzz.html

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