You’re getting ready to leave the house, and then you stop cold as you notice how one of your children is dressed. You take a deep breath, utter a silent prayer and say, “Excuse me. You’re not wearing that to school!” And so the tug-of-war begins. Your child shoots you a look that would melt steel and replies, “But all of my Christian friends dress like this at school!” If you waffle (and your child will know this within a millisecond, because kids are equipped with digital sensing devices that let them know that Mom or Dad is caving in), you begin to think, I’m tired of fighting it. Besides if I pull too hard, who knows what my kids will do . . . they may run away and hate me forever! So you let go. Like so many other parents, you probably are suffering from a new twentyfirst-century disease caused by this endless tug-of-war: moral exhaustion. Many parents are growing weary of holding on to their moral beliefs, boundaries and commitments, and little by little they loosen their grip.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:32:40 +0000
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