Offence happens! (I got the cool image from Chad’s blog, beauty eh.) When I drive I am constantly annoyed, because everyone is not driving the way I think they should. But after thinking about it I have discovered a problem with this wide spread disposition.

Kids are awesome because they show you who you are not what you think you are. Laura read me a cool quote about how we learn more from our own kids than from our parents. I admit my kids have not shown me how to play baseball, ride a motorcycle, or how to eat; however, when they say something I say, or do something I did not realize that I did, it is then that I agree with Laura’s quote. We do not learn more from them in “how to do”, but in the “what not to do” areas of life. A parent calling a child to repentance is annoying to the kid, who will always ask “why”, which will always tax a parent’s ability to explain without sounding silly. Then there are times when you see someone else say or do something and you can see why that might not be wise (it has always been easier to see in others). And when that other person is your kid and you know they learned it from you, makes you realize the mistake much more clearly than any other method, in my opinion.

Any who… if I were to force my thinking on everyone else when they drove, would it really be better? Or would it make me want to hide in a cave? I still think it would be better, but perhaps I am less hopeful of that day and a little less annoyed by other parents’ mistakes!