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December 4, 2006, 4:00 am PST
11/24 Great School Debate
Quote From: purplepennyI see. I understand that for the most part. My thinking is, I have made a baby and brought them to my home...so in essence, this is my baby's home. So this home needs to be baby friendly. If something of mine breaks, it's because I wasn't watching her well enough, or because I wasn't smart enough to keep it out of her reach. I see no point myself in yelling a child who does something like this wrong...because they aren't being malicious. That's how we view our lives with our children. The children see our house as their house too (it is!), and over the years they've taken enough pride in their home to participate in its function.
Any time I've been too hard on my children for things they've done, I've stepped back and examined my own behaviour in the scenario, often with regret. My actions were often reactionary, without careful consideration and thought. Cutting my children a lot of slack was my biggest growing up experience in parenting. They're children!
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