During one of my last sleepless, prego nights, an aha moment came to me.
Is this current problem a parenting problem or a child problem?
My question stemmed from a couple of issues that we are facing at our home. Some of them deal with all of our children while others are child specific. During my time of contemplation, I decided that the issues that we are dealing with that are specific to each child are issues coming from that child’s heart. But the all-children issues probably stem from poor parenting.
Three examples:
1 – Sweet Pea does not like to work. While Bubs will tell you that he “hates this” chore. Sweet Pea quietly tries to sneak off, get out of, or let her brother do all of the work. This is a heart issue that we are working on.
3 – Growing up in my family, you weren’t passionate unless your voice was raised. This has lead to our children following my very poor example. Every time one of the kids yell at their sibling, I am reminded of my poor example. Parenting Issue 101!
Family issue that needs dealt with from a parenting side?
