when you yell at your kids is it because you want to correct their negative behavior?
Well, it depends on how one defines “negative behavior.” Is running around shouting the names of dinosaurs “negative behavior,” or is it just being a little boy? Is singing dreadful Miley Cyrus songs in a nasal Miley Cyrus voice wrong, or does it just drive me crazy?
And is yelling the correct response, whether the behavior is truly wrong or just not what I feel like dealing with?
Either way, I think it’s bad to yell at my kids, and yet I do it. I think I should spend more time on houseowrk and less on FReeping, and yet ...
Sometimes I even say, “Aw, shoot, Frank! You couldn’t sleep another hour?” to the baby at 2 a.m.
Dreadful hypocrisy, and I’m sorry about how I’ve scandalized you. Please don’t abandon Christianity because of my imperfection.