When I was still a school teacher, one important lesson I have learned is that children's problems are their problems, not their parents'. Adults may support the young ones just to make sure they know how to resolve issues but not to fight their fight at a level they don't even want to go.
I've seen students argue and misunderstand each other but are still friends and playmates the next day. I've also seen parents trying to intervene with them. They would defend them to the point of ending up fighting with their children's friends' parent/s.
Because these parents hurt each other verbally, the school year (academic year) have already ended but their anger and hatred at each other have not. And you're right... their children, who in the first place were the reason why they added a name on their list of enemies, are friends.
It's alright to defend our children - they are ours. We love them. They deserve our protection. But we should know when to and when not to step in, how to step in and when to step out of the situation.
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Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
-Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV)
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