Respect VS Silence

RESPECT VS SILENCE

One Sunday, no different than any other Sunday, I woke my daughter, Kimberly, up for church. She just turned four, so we are still struggling with communication, so I thought. A few minutes before it was time to leave, she went into one of her occasional tantrums due to having spent the weekend with Grandparents. Spending time with Grandma and Grandpa means no discipline whatsoever. She didn’t eat her cereal and wanted a bagel. I had offered her a bagel fifteen minutes prior and she piously shook her head no to me, but then at the moment of departure she just needed to have that bagel, with cream cheese. Classic. She threw herself into a crying tantrum, legs kicking and all. At this point I was highly aggravated, and I explained to her that this was not allowed and told her to go sit on her bed until she felt better. She proceeded to her bed and threw herself on it dramatically, and her father and I waited through fifteen minutes of wailing, which cause...