Is the Holiday Break Over Yet???

You can always tell when it's time for a break to be over because the kids are bickering more and more everyday.  The kids have been off school for 2 weeks now and it really is time for them to go back to school.  Yesterday was one of those high bickering days and mom really had enough of them not being kind to each other, so they got to get off of their Play Station/Xbox/iPads/phones and join me in the quest to thoroughly clean the house.  After scrubbing the bathrooms, dusting their rooms, vacuuming and mopping floors, and picking up all their toys, we then went outside and picked weeds and rocks for an hour.  They were complaining the WHOLE time and all I kept saying was "this was what I did all the time growing up".  I thought that would have been enough for them to stop fighting, but oh how wrong I was 😂.  So then they got to help put away all of the Christmas decorations.  It's sad for me to say because I have fallen victim to this as well, but as a society, we have made our kids soft and  whiny when things don't go their way (aka kids these days feel very entitled).  But I guess as parents, we need to keep holding them accountable and teach them how to work hard so hopefully that feeling of entitlement will leave our kids.  My kids really are good, they just need some correction and positive guidance from time to time!