I tend to see the frustrating things in my kids… the things I think need changing… the things that I'm mad at myself for not being more consistent about.

The summer months resulted in a lot more together time for my son and daughter, and so their bickering upped itself quite a bit. They have this thing where they insult each other, sometimes for real, sometimes tongue-in-cheek, and it drives me crazy. So I've instituted that every time I hear them say something unkind, that person has to say something kind in its place.