Are you an Excuse Maker?
With the school year fast approaching, I wanted to talk about excuse makers. Children are the best at this, aren't they? "Did you hit your brother?" "He made me!" I usually come back with something like, "you mean he grabbed your arm and balled up your fist with his other hand and then hit himself?!?! That's incredible!" At this point I remind them that if they did hit, it is their responsibility to learn how to control the feelings that cause them to want to hit so they won't do it again. We are all excuse makers though by nature. I don't think most of the time it is a problem. "What's the matter with this loaf of bread?" your husband asks. "I think the yeast was old so it didn't rise," you respond. Then you buy new yeast and your bread turns out fine the next time. That is an excuse I can live with where as the first example I can't. But, how does this apply to the school...