Okay, so what's so wrong with taking an 8 month vacation? Well, apparently, a lot!!!! I miss blogging and connecting with you all!
I am not going to attempt to recap what life has been like for the past 8 months. It's been life! Hectic, fun, frustrating, hilarious, stressful, momentous and full of adventure. There.
So, as I type this post, my children and running amok and playing as children do, but I have a question for you fellow parents. What do you say or do when your children are blatantly mean to one another? For example, saying mean things to each other (that would certainly hurt if reciprocated). Fighting over ridiculously, minuscule things. Not respecting each other or each other's things.
I'm looking for some advice and really screaming for help! I have tried praying with them, sharing what God's word says, showing them my favorite spoon and letting them experience it and I'm needing some creative ideas to mediate this chaos......
I slowly lose a little sanity everyday--but by the grace of God, I only drool a little......
3 comments:
I want to be encouraging to you. I want to tell you that they will grow out of it. But I must tell you the truth.....as it happens here anyway.....it gets worse. I'm assured that all of the prayers with them, the reading of God's word, and the spoon experiences will eventually come to fruition and they will all love each other marvellously. At this point in time, I am still asking, WHEN is this going to happen.
Melissa, I'm not a parent so I have no advice! But I read an article yesterday about a mom who was so tired of her kids fighting that she took the belt off her robe and tied them together and told them they had to stay that way for one hour. And if they couldn't figure out how to get along for that hour she would make it two! She said it worked wonders, they were quiet as one sulked and the other listened to a CD. But they figured out how to quit fighting!
Hmmm...
Sometimes i just have to get them apart... if they are in the same area they just can't leave each other alone.
And.. to some extent... it's sibling hood....
And... the spoon.
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