Before I Became A Parent...

Before I became a parent, I would see other people's children throwing tantrums in public and swore MY children would never throw tantrums in public.
Before I became a parent, I would surely take my child out of the store while throwing a tantrum rather than ignoring him and continue shopping.
Before I became a parent I would NEVER give into tantrums just to make them stop.
Before I became a parent, I knew I'd make my kids do chores around the house.
Before I became a parent, I WOULD NEVER let them get out of doing those chores by whining.
Before I became a parent, I would never dream of doing their chore without even asking them, just to avoid all of the whining/nagging drama.
Before I became a parent, MY children's TV time would be limited to a total of one hour daily.
Before I became a parent, MY children would rather play outside than with video games.
Before I became a parent, I WOULD NEVER buy my children video games.
Before I became a parent, I would never be relieved they are watching TV, because video games are violent.
Before I became a parent, I would never put my child's wants before my financial needs.
Before I became a parent, I'd monitor absolutely EVERYTHING they watched.
Before I became a parent, I'd never allow my children to eat junk food.
Before I became a parent, I had lived 20 years without a hot dog and swore my children could too.
Before I became a parent, I would never allow my child to eat mostly sweets.
Before I became a parent, I WOULD NEVER give my child a cookie just to put something in their mouth to stop the whining...
Before I became a parent, I knew my children would sleep through the night in their own beds at the age of 3 months on.
Before I became a parent, I would never allow my six-year-old to sleep with me.
Before I became a parent, I knew MY kids would nap immediately when told to until they were seven-years-old.
Before I became a parent, MY children would always wear matching, clean clothes.
Before I became a parent, I would lay out my children's clothes daily and they would gladly wear them.
Before I became a parent, I would always be on time everywhere because MY children would be cooperative and get in the car when it's time to go.
Before I became a parent, I knew I'd be very organized and know where everyone's shoes are at any given time.
I was so much wiser and much better at sticking to my convictions before I had kids...