My little Kamryn has quite the personality. She is extremely bright, communicative, and imaginative. However, she has one trait that comes with a lot of girls…a VERY sassy mouth! Tonight, she sassed me one too many times and was sent to her room to sit in time out. After about 5 minutes of sitting in her room, quiet and alone, I went back to talk to her about her punishment.
I knelt down beside her on her bed and asked her, “Kamryn, do you know why you had to sit in time out?”
Her reply was simple, “Yes, because I have a sassy mouth and it gets me in trouble.”
I then said to her, “What is it going to take to fix your sassy mouth?”
Her reply again was simple…
“God.”
How true is that?
Again, from the mouth of a 3 year old comes the most obvious and simple of truths…God can fix our unlikeable traits, but we must surrender them to Him.
At least she got the God part right. My kid has to be prompted as to what she has done wrong. I have heard that the sassies get better at about age 4. Right when you think you may kill your kid b/c of her mouth, it slows down. Can’t wait for the magical moment–her birthday.
Just wait until you have teenagers!
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