Its official..............

I am a FAILURE as a parent.....!

There.....don't it! Admitted my main failing in public!

I've tried, heavens knows I really have............but somewhere, somehow I lost the art of parenting and the evidence is on show for all to see...........

I am the proud owner of two hyper children who have little respect or regard for anything I say and continually wind each other up beyond belief. I have tried to explaining to them patiently, slowly and in a child like way, shouting, penalising them and a multitude of other tactics - non of which appear to make the blindest bit of difference. I have now threatened to leave them at home when I go out in future (though I am not sure how affective this threat is in the "real world")........I find shopping in particular an absolute nightmare with them. I can't choose a Birthday card for worrying about where they are and what they are doing/touching. If I attempt to buy shoes they are diving around on the chairs at a volume only a rock concert could compete against and when grocery shopping I return home almost empty handed and frustrated due to them begging constantly for "this" and "that" meaning that I am unable to concentrate on the task in hand. I am near to tears, feel a failure and am EXTREMELY concerned that I seem almost unable to cope with a task that BILLIONS of women excel in all around me. I am tired of the moaning and the whining...................I am embarrassed by their indications as to my lack of ability in the parenting field and wish I knew where I went so wrong.......