tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post8683856960423713397..comments2024-03-28T05:04:19.333-07:00Comments on Competent Parent: A prayer with two audiencesJFohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540721351105033478noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-24718705896606897002010-02-20T08:24:15.192-08:002010-02-20T08:24:15.192-08:00"Anyway, I don't think we'd have been..."Anyway, I don't think we'd have been able to explain to a three-year-old that taunting one's sibling is improper during prayer. Maybe, actually, we wouldn't have to explain. As Anne said, "humanity after the fall". He knew he was getting under his brother's skin."<br /><br />Exactly! I need to work up a battle-choosing algorithm.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925772670453740072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-25291492391826656222010-02-18T17:40:57.364-08:002010-02-18T17:40:57.364-08:00K, yeah, we didn't really respond. And we do ...K, yeah, we didn't really respond. And we do try to respond to our kids, but we sometimes tell them that questions are over or that we're done looking at the things they want us to look at because we're busy (had to say that during dinner tonight, in fact, while Teddy thumbed through the Boden catalog picking out clothes for our family). Anyway, I don't think we'd have been able to explain to a three-year-old that taunting one's sibling is improper during prayer. Maybe, actually, we wouldn't have to explain. As Anne said, "humanity after the fall". He knew he was getting under his brother's skin.<br /><br />The store probably does serve yesterday's cookies but probably wouldn't lose money even if they served fresh; I have a very faithful customer of their store in my household, and he gets vocal when I shop elsewhere. By saying that, of course, I'm not abdicating parenting around whether he gets a cookie every time we shop. It's nice to give my kids a treat, and it makes for a happier shopping experience for all.JFohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540721351105033478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-15158752317764655222010-02-18T16:32:11.989-08:002010-02-18T16:32:11.989-08:00On another note, that's a pretty generous cook...On another note, that's a pretty generous cookie deal from the store. Seems like they must lose money on that. Or maybe they save yesterday's/last week's cookies to be the freebies? (Am I being too cynical?)Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925772670453740072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-20184623914749778922010-02-18T16:30:40.131-08:002010-02-18T16:30:40.131-08:00So on the parenting level, you just didn't res...So on the parenting level, you just didn't respond?<br /><br />I ask because one of the things I struggle with as a parent is the idea that maybe I don't *have* to respond to every little thing, one way or another.<br /><br />Of course with two, responding to everything is probably not even an option anyway.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925772670453740072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-73526218974905427602010-02-16T09:04:07.423-08:002010-02-16T09:04:07.423-08:00Your boy prays like a Presbyterian...Your boy prays like a Presbyterian...bradly richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03988504308495909824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-31925365118779169222010-02-14T17:58:09.083-08:002010-02-14T17:58:09.083-08:00Oh, that was one of those stifle the laughter duri...Oh, that was one of those stifle the laughter during the prayer moments. One of the great sacrifices of parenting is not busing out laughing when discipline is required, isn't it?JFohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14540721351105033478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-79434585120812369632010-02-14T16:15:46.429-08:002010-02-14T16:15:46.429-08:00Sooo, what did you do/say then?Sooo, what did you do/say then?Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925772670453740072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045246505879536568.post-19849644209301033692010-02-10T22:07:23.965-08:002010-02-10T22:07:23.965-08:00Ah, humanity after the Fall. I laughed!Ah, humanity after the Fall. I laughed!Anne H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14951398242908896715noreply@blogger.com