It's one of those days in our house. Everyone is just off. No one got near enough sleep last night and we started our day grumpy, each with our own reasons. And the day has progressively gotten worse. The kids are feeding off of it, I swear.
Sydney has earned yet another couple hours of working for mom for attitude problems, being bossy and rude to her brother, and for talking back repeatedly. She's had more reminders and warnings than I can count.
Eli has had his share of time outs today. He keeps screaming, telling me no, and throwing toys. "Typical 2-year old" behavior, regardless it's still naughty and needs to be corrected.
and even Isaac is being naughty. He thinks it's funny to pull the towel off our end table-taking all the contents along with it. You say he's only a baby and doesn't know better? Oh no, the kid is doing it ON PURPOSE! You should see the look he gives me when he's doing it. Yes, he'll only do it when I'm watching from across the room. And he'll shake his head "no" when he's done.... Who teaches kids these things? And at this age!?
I will not sit back and watch my children do things they are not supposed to do. It is my job to correct them. To teach them to obey authority, to help them learn how to deal with their frustrations, and to help them with right vs wrong. I cannot just sit on the couch and let them do what they please. I can think of people who do that. Or the opposite where they don't let their children do anything and are constantly punishing or even abusing them.
How do we let things get out of control? We're the adults, it's our responsibility to care for our kids. I take my job seriously (sometimes too seriously). I scan the movies my kids watch, I don't let them watch daytime tv, and thankfully they aren't old enough for video games. (You can bet I'll keep track of that too). There's enough garbage in this world and I can help filter that for my kids. We talk about issues on tv like relationships, violence, and bad words. I was reading a book and it talked about how it's not enough to censor the bad, it needs to be replaced with good. I'm struggling with that. I can do better with this area. I want to do better for my kids' sake.
What are things you do help teach your children right vs. wrong and living a godly life? Do you censor their media intake? Do you talk about issues? Do you read the Bible with them?
Sydney has earned yet another couple hours of working for mom for attitude problems, being bossy and rude to her brother, and for talking back repeatedly. She's had more reminders and warnings than I can count.
Eli has had his share of time outs today. He keeps screaming, telling me no, and throwing toys. "Typical 2-year old" behavior, regardless it's still naughty and needs to be corrected.
and even Isaac is being naughty. He thinks it's funny to pull the towel off our end table-taking all the contents along with it. You say he's only a baby and doesn't know better? Oh no, the kid is doing it ON PURPOSE! You should see the look he gives me when he's doing it. Yes, he'll only do it when I'm watching from across the room. And he'll shake his head "no" when he's done.... Who teaches kids these things? And at this age!?
I will not sit back and watch my children do things they are not supposed to do. It is my job to correct them. To teach them to obey authority, to help them learn how to deal with their frustrations, and to help them with right vs wrong. I cannot just sit on the couch and let them do what they please. I can think of people who do that. Or the opposite where they don't let their children do anything and are constantly punishing or even abusing them.
How do we let things get out of control? We're the adults, it's our responsibility to care for our kids. I take my job seriously (sometimes too seriously). I scan the movies my kids watch, I don't let them watch daytime tv, and thankfully they aren't old enough for video games. (You can bet I'll keep track of that too). There's enough garbage in this world and I can help filter that for my kids. We talk about issues on tv like relationships, violence, and bad words. I was reading a book and it talked about how it's not enough to censor the bad, it needs to be replaced with good. I'm struggling with that. I can do better with this area. I want to do better for my kids' sake.
What are things you do help teach your children right vs. wrong and living a godly life? Do you censor their media intake? Do you talk about issues? Do you read the Bible with them?
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