Kids!?!

Well, what do I say? I think that being a parent is the hardest thing I've ever done. And whenever I think I might have some of it figured out I get another shake up. This school year has been a tough one. Three of my children have been either suspended or sent home from school at least once this year. For one reason or another. You know, when kids are bad at home it's frustrating and upsetting. But when they get into trouble at school it just opens up a whole new world of frustration. Worry that there is only so much you can do about it. Worry about their future. One of my children has been trouble for stealing, which is so hard for me to deal with. I think the hardest part is that he doesn't really see it as wrong. How do you teach a child who during the first nine years of his life was taught that dishonesty it okay? There are only so many privilidges you can take away, so much talking you can do, so many consequences you can give. But even with all that you, it's still up to them. They have to choose to be honest. Lying is bad enough, and we have plenty of that going on around here. Children learn so much in the first few years of life, that all of my new children have trouble with fibs. So, I take one day at a time, one moment at a time and deal with it all the best I can. With a prayer in my heart that my best will be good enough.