I came across this comment and had to reply. I have 3 kids of my own, 2.5 years old, 8 years old and 15 years old. They understand that is I’m talking to someone or on the phone they are not to interrupt me (excluding my 2.5 year old, he’s still learning)….

However, they do understand if THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, then it’s okay to interrupt me. I don’t know why it’s so black and white for you??? There’s always exceptions to any rule.

Just like calling 911, you should only call if it’s a real emergency, if it’s not, call the police station, if you need to speak to an officer.

Example: you get into a car accident, call 911…

Example: you look at your front door Ring camera and realize someone stole a package off your front porch, you call the police station.

Example: McDonalds gives you 9 chicken nuggets instead of the 10 you ordered and refuse to correct the order…DO NOT call the police, contact the manager or corporate!

If I’m on the phone and my 8 year old wants to talk to me about the latest Pokémon episode he watched, he needs to wait.

If I’m talking to someone in my house and my 15 year old got sick and threw up, then she knows she can interrupt me for help!

Common sense lady!!

My kids know they are expected to do chores in the house everyday, my daughter is responsible for emptying the dishwasher and garbage.

My eldest son is responsible for feeding the dog breakfast and dinner and picking up his messes…like putting his dishes in the dishwasher and his dirty clothes in the hamper.

Giving your children expectations of behavior is important to teach them to be responsible adults. I love my kids and I know it’s inportant to lay a foundation of responsibility, critical thinking skills and empathy when they are young so they can develop those skills through their childhood and have a firm grasp when they are an adult.

I used to be a manager and I hired many people who were under the age of 24 years old and I was baffled at their lack of self starting and critical thinking skills. I hired them to help run the coffee shop, yet when the garbage was full, they would come to me and say, “I can’t throw this away because the garbage is full.” I would just look at them flabbergasted that they didn’t just change the garbage! I would look and then and say, “change out the garbage.” You would have thought I told them something magical when they realized they could solve this problem on their own!

Too many kids these days are not being taught inportant life skills. Having a kid is not all fun and games, it’s a huge responsibility to raise another human being from infancy to a responsible and successful adult!

You can teach your children not to interrupt AND also teach them that if there’s an emergency they may interrupt.

I see memes about moms never getting privacy even when they are in the bathroom…I can’t even relate to those memes because I never had an issue with my kids bothering me while I was going to the bathroom because at a young age they knew to leave me alone in there UNLESS there was an emergency.

Kids are not stupid and they can grasp the concept of only interrupting if it’s an emergency.