Saturday, March 17, 2012

OJ lesson



When am I going to learn to think before reacting?! Poor Brianna. She's the victim of my irrational temper.
So she spilled some orange juice. The good kind. But not even the whole bottle. Maybe $1.50 worth. She was trying to keep it away from Courtney. Maybe that's the part that made me mad. But there's no excuse for yelling at a kid when it was just an accident. That doesn't teach them anything except to be afraid or resentful. And to become an irrational yelling parent someday too.
I cooled down, felt sick with guilt, apologized to her, and we cleaned it up together. And hopefully I'll remember this next time and prevent a mommy freak out.

3 comments:

Marilyn said...

At least you are honest! I remember having my youngest daughter at the mall, and my mother-in-law was with me. Melanie was putting on a total tantrum mentdown. I lost it, and I think my mother-in-law was astounded at my anger.

Malerie said...

I would have reacted, too. Simply Orange is the best orange juice! :)

Seriously, though. I can totally related. I hate it when I react that way and lose my patience. I always feel so bad. The kids seem to forgive and forget so easily. Just keep doing our best, I guess...

Debbie said...

Dad now actually gets a little "out of sorts" if we run out of Simply Orange. Yep, guard those reactions.