What Neil writes about today, trust between an adolescent/teenager and parent, I need to read. I did not have it, and it’s hard to create something that you don’t have a model for.
Mulling it over, though, what I feel the Lord saying to me today is that I already have my kids’ trust… It’s mine to lose, of course, but it’s already there.
I’m being reminded that the little decisions I make will inform the bigger ones my kids make (as in, I can’t trust her with little things – why should I trust her with the big ones). Also, that the consequences run deeper than conflict in the home – spiritual issues are in the mix, too.
At the end of the day, my job is to be the best mom I can. That’s a goal I can work on. That, and allowing God to shine light on things in my life He wants to heal and change as I learn this parenting thing…
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