A shusher's conundrum

I have become one of those moms.

You know the ones. The ones who shush their kids.

I can honestly say I never thought I too, would become a shusher.

In fact, for years I used to criticize the moms who used to do that, arguing that when they shush their child they are actually louder making the shush sound than the child was.

Yet, here I am years later doing the exact same thing that used to annoy me.

I think I have become a bad shusher too. I think it has just become a bad habit; and I am starting to wonder if it even works anymore since I have to shush the kids more frequently.

It is not like...