Best Friends

Something that we often say to each other at home is that we're not just family, we're best friends. I started using that term to demonstrate to the girls that we need to be kind to each other. It's odd, because you would think being family and being kind to each other would come hand in hand, but it seems to work. It also makes our relationship feel a little extra special, as if it helps them to feel that they are my equal. When it's 'mummy and the girls', there's an obvious difference in authority and an indirect segregation of sorts. But when we use 'best friends', there seems to be less resistance and more cooperation. I think it's something special to the girls. If Millie has been naughty and I aptly point out the naughty behaviour to her, she always says to me 'but I'm still your best friend'. And if I've been angry at Anna, she will say 'I know you still love me even when you're mad at me because we're best friends'.