I am veering off into uncharted parenting territory today....so much of my parenting to this point has been damage prevention. "Make sure the kids don't fall into the pool, don't let them drink the draino" kind of parenting. Isaac is a pretty emotional and tightly wound little guy - and I knew he has quite a temper, but I wasn't too worried about it. Today he gave Hamda a nosebleed during a tussle they were having and he verbally lashed out at a girl at school and made her cry. Both times he just got really upset, lost control, and was very remorseful about the consequences.
Somehow I feel I have crossed a point with his temper that I really need to try and teach him about why he can't just act out when he loses it - as opposed to saying "Isaac don't hit your sister or you will be punished by _________." I am not completely sure how we are going to handle this issue....it definitely feels like a new, more complex kind of parenting. I hope some wisdom comes to me during the night!
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