Usually when we think of child training we think of attitudes and character and behavior. We want to train them for their future encounters with dangerous situations or people. Forethought is a motivator- What can I teach them before it happens, so they respond in the best way? That's all great philosophy, but I find that most training happens because something went wrong!
Face it; many times we teach our children something because, "I don't want to see that again!" They hurt someone or themselves or break something of ours, then we react with great intensity to correct. Nothing wrong with correction.
Some of the best training moments come after embarrassment- our embarrassment. You need to check out the parenting tip at Joni Ruhs - Observations and Testimony about taking our kids into public bathrooms after they can talk. It's a short post, but if you are a parent it will send you down memory lane. It is hilariously true.
Take these parenting thoughts to heart-
As we try our best to teach our children to be mannerly and behave properly, the fact is we can't see everything coming. If we are doing our best, be confident in that.
Don't take the embarrassing moments too seriously. It might be God's way at helping us laugh once in a while, and they just become great stories to tell our children's future spouses anyway.
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