No one is just like us. Neither our friends nor our relatives live with the exact same convictions we do. Those differences can sometimes cause confusion to our children. Why can they watch that movie and we can’t? Why do they only wear dresses and we don’t? Steve and Kathleen Nelson from Premeditated Parenting (www.premeditatedparenting.net) gave us this wisdom for these situations: “Others may, but we may not.” Or, “others may not, but we may.” In the end, it is what our family has decided that matters, not what others are choosing to do. So, the next time Jr. claims he should be able to watch a movie because his friend can, then remind him, “Others may, but we may not.” Along with that, when you get home from the cousins and little Suzy wonders why they don’t ever wear pants, you can answer, “Others may not, but we may.”
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