It occurred to me today that, when in public, my incessant "parenting" of my children is probably much more annoying to bystanders than my rascally children are

I stopped and listened to myself for a moment at breakfast with my kids and realized that I sound like a yippy little dog, constantly barking at them.Say thank you!Eat your veggies!Pick up your fork!Pull up your pants!Slow down!Hurry up!What is that thing!? Where did you get it?Put that back!Seriously!? You took off your shoes again, HERE?Get your finger out of your [name body part]!Even when my kids are being obnoxious, onlookers might find them mildly cute from time to time. But there's nothing cute about my incessant attempting to control and correct them.Being a dad is hard. I wonder if there's any hope for me. via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2h8rRk7