tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826465069863298721.post2100102098307954002..comments2023-05-07T10:45:19.568-04:00Comments on Grace Like Rain: Does this ever happen to you?Mama Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658505477619300328noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826465069863298721.post-34139600327804233742011-09-28T02:24:36.893-04:002011-09-28T02:24:36.893-04:00Ummmm, YES! But Christ chastises us sometimes...b...Ummmm, YES! But Christ chastises us sometimes...because He loves us and we are stubborn. Well, at least I am. :STonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239079132342501762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826465069863298721.post-69587911566901065732011-09-21T01:18:05.483-04:002011-09-21T01:18:05.483-04:00Yes, this already happened to me. You do not belie...Yes, this already happened to me. You do not believe me, do you?<br />But I was the one upstairs!!! Indeed...Brammatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15253079445590891996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826465069863298721.post-41233266466963129352011-09-20T23:00:00.618-04:002011-09-20T23:00:00.618-04:00All the time. Daniel is our trying one, although I...All the time. Daniel is our trying one, although Ida has some pretty awful moments too. Ida can be downright mean and cruel, whereas Daniel's issue is more about just being very vocal with his distaste for things he's told to do. Honestly, he is the only child we spank. Ida has only been spanked occasionally, mostly because I'm not convinced that she understands the connection with the crime. I worry that she's more fragile because she has autism I guess, or that I don't know where to draw the line between making a social mistake because she doesn't understand what's appropriate and flat out being nasty to someone. With Daniel, he doesn't have that as an excuse. But you know what? It doesn't work for him. He cries and apologizes like crazy and tries to beg his way out of a spanking if I threaten it (and usually I threaten things like time outs or losing privileges first; I hate spanking and it's always my last resort). But it doesn't change how he acts in the future at all. He's 6 1/2 now and I have yet to come up with any sort of solution to long term behavior modification for him. I think he's going to be one of those kids that you just have to pray your way through their life. His teachers have commented that he needs intrinsic motivation to want to accomplish anything, and there's only so much I can do about that. So I guess I just have to be the lady with the obnoxious kids and let people think what they will.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391693778175905203noreply@blogger.com