u don’t have to be a parent for long to observe “the blame game”. You know what I’m talking about; when something happens to one of your kids, or they do something wrong, often the first thing they do is look for something or someone else to blame. For that matter, this trait isn’t limited to my kids but is a regular visitor in my own life as well. James 1:13-15 has some blunt words to say to me, and my kids
Our family is potentially facing a few months of change. Driving home from flute lessons the other day, my eldest daughter, being ever perceptive as she is, asked me “why do things need to change? I like things the way they are. It’s not fair.”
You know the kind of evening? When you walk in the door and you are assaulted by the noise of screaming kids, as they whirlwind past you in a flurry of activity. Most days this doesn’t bother me, in fact it’s almost expected really. But some days, it drives me spare.
