Non malfeasance

Greetings y'all ;

"I hear babies cry and I watch them grow. They'll learn much more than I'll ever know . And I think to myself - what a wonderful world "

Well folks one down and just one hundred seventy nine days left until the end of the school year. Yes counting down is controversial but it helps me realize how precious each moment if each day is. Personally I had a good first day of school. I made a few mistakes that are correctable and I'm blessed with working with a great teacher who knows how to run a classroom and teach me as well as the students. Its a pleasure watching and learning from him. Crikey I'm not even the best dressed man anymore .

Zander had a long day. Great day except for his meltdown o'clock crisis. He wanted his afternoon snack to avoid his melt down , didn't happen plus it came an hour earlier because he was up an hour earlier. We , no scratch that , he had a crisis and now has an earlier meltdown o'clock. He knows he has to push through it and get his snack at the end of the day.

Karate was challenging for him as well. He only had a light dinner before going and was tired. He had trouble with his self control during sparring, again. Once again I looked at a parent and told her " we have two minutes until karate is over, they will run late and in four minutes he will lose it."Four minutes later he lost it. He was given additional exercise at the end and then threatened with losing his stripes.

Ok I can't defend his actions. I do know I will make a better schedule for us and follow my instincts regarding his ability to participate in evening activities. Again his action have consequences for him, my job is ensure the consequences are natural and logical and are non malfeasance while helping him to learn and still believe in himself. He is brave,he is kind, he wise, yet he is still a babe.

I believe in you my son, I believe in you. I pray you believe in yourself and learn to accept imperfection in yourself and others.

Thanks for reading again today,