Monday afternoon the kids and I laid down on the living room floor and read The Friend. One of the scriptures in the magazine caught my eye. It's in James 1:19 and it says, "Be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath". I have been thinking about this scripture a lot since then.
Lately I have been feeling pretty frazzled as a mom. My kids talk back to me constantly I feel like. It seems that they can't hear me. Especially in the morning when it's time to get ready for school and I ask a certain 5 year old to get ready for school 15 times and then my voice starts to rise and so does his and
by the time he gets to school I feel awful because I've forgotten to give him a hug and look into his eyes while telling him how much I love him. I can see my bad behaviors exhibiting themselves in my children and I don't like it.
by the time he gets to school I feel awful because I've forgotten to give him a hug and look into his eyes while telling him how much I love him. I can see my bad behaviors exhibiting themselves in my children and I don't like it.
I have tried to read various parenting books but find myself getting really annoyed by them. Do I really need a script to use with my children? They seem a little pointless, especially when the kid in the book actually listens to the parent and my child just rolls his/her eyes at me and makes faces while I use the "script" on them. Needless to say, I have been frustrated.
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| miss pink june 2009 |
When my kids speak to me I am usually doing two to a million other things and I don't take the time to actually listen to what they are saying. Or, they are playing in another room and a situation arises and I don't listen to what's going on before reacting. I speak without thinking about 97% of the time and I find myself getting angry over silly things.
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| mr. orange december 2008 |
How much easier would things be if I was "swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath"? Would I really need parenting books if I followed this simple scripture and the Golden Rule? My kids would definitely treat each other as well as Mr. Blue and I better if they had a better example to follow. Maybe instead of parenting books and "scripts" I truly do need the scriptures to be my guide. I have been detoxifying my body for a little over a week now. Maybe it's time I detoxify my relationship with my kids.
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| miss pink august 2010 |
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| mr. orange august 2010 |
Because let's face it. They are pretty cool.
2 comments:
Just what I needed! Can I please make that last picture the wallpaper on my computer?? :)
They are very cool kids. Their mom is awesome, too. Kids just know how to push our buttons. The trick is to not let the button pushing work. Its a lot easier when they are parents!
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