raisegoodkids

After yesterday, I realized just how much I love being home with my children. The world is a very ugly place and there are some very rude and ugly people in it, but here at my home, I have a happy little corner of the world. I can control, for the most part, what my children are exposed to. I can teach them happiness, gratitude, and respect. It’s funny to think that a two year old can show more of these attributes and bring more of these traits into the world than some adults can. My feelings were hurt yesterday and my son knew that. Walking out of a building that I had spent so many years in and fighting back tears is hard to hide from an inquisitive toddler. “What wrong, mom-mom?” What do you say? Do you tell him the truth or just glaze over the details a little? My response was, “Nothing, baby, mom-mom is just a little sad. We will go play with kids and I will feel better.” “Okay, mom-mom.” was his response as he held my hand so tightly. The truth being that I was not fine. People have made me feel invaluable and unwanted before, this is nothing new - in grade school, the mean girls would pick on me; in high school, my boyfriend wouldn’t call when he said he would; in college, I would be taken advantage of because I got good grades and actually studied. The difference is this, never before have I felt this way and had to explain it to my children. I feel that my son received a very tarnished picture of the world yesterday and a bit of his innocence was taken away. He saw that not every person he encounters in his life is going to be nice and pleasant and compliment him on something. Where do I go from here? I need to continue to encourage that he grows up with values and morals and try to teach him not to judge people by the way they make you feel or the way they may act. No one is perfect, everyone has some little things that they need to work on. I will continue to build my happy little corner of the world. I will hope and pray that my children continue to show the positive and uplifting traits that only the very best of people have. I will continue to teach them the simple rules of life “Love your neighbor as yourself” and “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”.

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