Parenting

It's funny that I posted what I did last night, because tonight at small group we talked about parenting and discipline (and would have learned about it at church on Sunday - read my first post for the explanation of why we missed that one). Basically we established that discipline and punishment are not the same thing (I also learned that from Dr. Phil), and that discipline is the process of teaching, correcting, and molding your children into responsible adults. Of course, it is important to be consistent, which is something we struggle with. But the thing that was harder for me to grasp is that we should discipline with the same joy that we praise our children. Both are equal opportunities to shape and teach our children. I get that we discipline our children because we love them and want the best for them, but I definitely don't enjoy it. I wish someone could just give me a handbook of exactly what to say and do in every situation.