Proud Mommy Moments, CTR

 

In my church, we teach the kids three very important, simple and effective letters.  CTR.  They stand for Choose the Right.  From the time they are 4, they are learning all about CTR.  Of course, we as parents are reinforcing those lessons in the home.

Recently, we have been having a lot of problems with our neighbor children.  Drama has ensued.  It has escalated since Spring Break started.  At one point, I was ready to kick the parents' door in and then kick something else.  I was done.  Luckily, my dinner was ready, and I decided I wasn't going to let their rotten children ruin my holiday.  I let it be.  I enjoyed my holiday with family.  It was nice.  Besides, I am not good with confrontations or the spoken word.

The other day, Ryan wanted to play in their house.  It had been a couple of days since he had actually played with them.  I thought about it.  I talked to him about wrong choices and right choices.  Often times, the oldest of these other children(who is 8) is the instigator of 99% of trouble.  She will get the others (mostly Ryan) to do things that are wrong.  I told Ryan if he knows it is wrong to say he won't do it because it is wrong.  And if that doesn't work, he can always leave.    I let him go.  It was not easy.  He was gone less than 15 minutes before he came tearing home swearing to never go back.  I asked why.  The youngest C, who is almost 5 told Ryan to push his sister S who is 6.  Yeah it is stuff like that. He, of course did not and came right home. I told Ryan he did the right thing.  In less than 2 minutes, C was over telling Ryan he wasn't in trouble and that he could come over again.  I told him that Ryan would be staying home for now, and sent C on his way.    I was proud of Ryan for remembering CTR and for getting out of a bad situation.   I am linking up with Emmymom and Kmama today for Proud Moments!