Clarifying my December 7th Post.

Apparently there has been some controversy over one of my recent posts. I recently talked about Kaiden learning the word no and how we want to nip his tantrums in the bud before they get out of hand. To be specific, it was this line that raised some issues -->  "He is starting to have tantrums and oh, we will not  be tolerating that. I've seen too many kids become extremely spoiled which leads to acting out in public, becoming  a sore loser and never learning discipline. "


I just want to clarify. I was not referring to anyone that I know personally. I understand that each child is different and requires different methods for handling situations. I should know because I am one of five kids in my family and we are all considerably different. I am also a new parent. There are many veterans out there who know what works and what doesn't. I was speaking in general terms. There have been so many occasions where I see random, older kids at Target or Walmart throwing fits because their parent won't buy them a toy or what not -- acting out in public. There was a tv episode of Parenthood we just watched where the daughter specifically couldn't handle losing at anything - becoming a sore loser, and there are grown adults that I'm sure you've rubbed shoulders with that still act this way - never learning discipline. (No one that I am friends with, just to clarify. I'm talking random people at the mall, etc.)

I have strong opinions about many things and that is because I base everything off the Word of God. So I can understand how some of my posts about Christianity or people needing God may be offensive, but out of all things I never thought this would be an issue. When I heard that there were several people offended, immediately I was overcome with the shaky nervous feeling you get when you do something wrong. I am not one for controversy and so when things like this occur, I feel absolutely awful. I do apologize if you took what I said the wrong way but my intentions were never to point fingers at anyone. This was simply about what I've been learning with Kaiden and how we are handling things. What bothers me though, is if someone has a problem with an entry, they should come to me first. What benefit is there when you circulate information around to other people without knowing the facts/motives/intentions? Perhaps I should have worded it differently, and I will keep this in mind for future entries, but please remember that the hurt people may feel over this mis-communicated issue and the action they take to tell other people and their circles hurts me too.