What do you do when your kids do something really bad?
Forget showing disappointment, go straight to guilt.
Here’s how it’s done:
First, look the perpetrator straight in the eyes – with tears in yours – and ask , “How could you do such a thing after all I’ve done for you?”
Then, follow it with, “Promise you’ll never do this again, and if you lie, God will know.”
This one-two punch instills instant guilt plus a healthy dose of fear. It kept us on the right track. And if you start when your kids are young, all the better.
Once Mom was done calling on God to pick up where she was about to leave off, that was it. No lectures, no time outs, no taking anything away. She was done and on to something new. Helicopter moms weren’t invented back then, and even if they were, trust me, she would never have been one.
Why not?
Because she had better things to do with her time. And in all honesty, so did we.
Like making things right again with her and the big man upstairs.
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