The Mom Voice

Everyone knows about the Mom Voice. It’s the voice that mom gets when she’s on her last nerve. It’s the voice that the kids fear and know not to dispute. It’s the voice that puts them on their best behaviour, just until she cools down.

Every mom has a Mom Voice. It comes with the territory. All moms can relate to this incident that happened just a few hours ago at my home:

Me: Sweetheart, pick up your crayons off the floor.

Me, 5 minutes later: Vivaan, I asked you to pick up your crayons, sweetheart.

Me, 5 minutes later: Vivaan! What are these crayons still doing here??

Me, 5 minutes later: VIVAAN! PICK. UP. YOUR. CRAYONS! <— Mom Voice

Now, my kids, through long months of being exposed to the Mom Voice, have built up a sort of immunity to it. So over the years (well, 4 years), much like a virus becoming stronger, my Mom Voice has also gotten stronger. In fact, it has evolved into the Dragon Voice. Think of it as the Mom Voice on steroids.

So finally what got his attention was:

Me, 5 minutes later, snarling with glowing eyes and steam coming out of my nostrils: PICK UP THOSE CRAYONS NOW OR THEY GO STRAIGHT IN THE TRASH!

I wonder how long until they’re immune to the Dragon Voice and it evolves into the Bat Shit Crazy Voice.

FML.