Taylor had a friend stay over last night. Turner just loves it when Brianna comes to stay the night(maybe he has a little crush on her, how cute). So this morning while making breakfast, I heard Turner at the top of the stairs saying, “Brianna, here is my Daddy’s underwear”. Okay, big deal or not I don’t really want Turner parading around the house twisting Jim’s underwear around his finger like a flag(especially if he got it out of the laundry basket) EEEWWWW.
Anyhow, I told Turner to come downstairs and asked him what he was doing. He was mortified at this point. Okay, at this point I knew that he knew what he had done was inappropriate by the look on his face. But now was a chance once again to learn about trust. I asked him, “You need to tell me what you were doing upstairs”. He was crying and saying he was so scared I would be mad at him. I set him up on the counter, put my hands on each cheek and softly said, “I love you honey, you need to trust mommy and know that you can tell me anything. If I am ever upset by something you have done, I always love you. Trust me with all your heart”
You see, this was an opportunity for me, as a parent to discern what was more important-sending him to time-out or teaching about trust. He already knew what he shouldn’t have done. I got a chance for him to trust me, even when he was in trouble. God wants us to trust him the same way. Take everything to him, he will teach us, help us comfort us, and most of all he will always love us.
So he told me what he had done, told me he was sorry and that he would never do it again. I told him I was proud of him for his honesty and that it must be hard to be truthful even when you do something wrong. I trust that he will not parade around the house with Jim’s underwear.
Grab these types of opportunities to teach trust because when they are in their teens, trusting your parents is so important!
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