A parent snaps at their kid and refuses to make dinner. The speaker shows how shaming them for it backfires: shame makes people defensive, not apologetic. Grace-filled parenting means letting them repair the mistake instead of pushing them into a corner.
Let's say we've had a bad day and we snap at our kids and say, "No, I'm not making you dinner. Make it yourself," even though we don't mean it. And then imagine if someone said to us, "You should be ashamed of yourself. You're a bad mother, speaking to your kids like that and refusing to feed them." How would we feel? Would we want to admit our mistake? Would we want to put it right and make the dinner with grace? I doubt it. I certainly wouldn't. Kids are the same. They make mistakes, and using shame backs them into a corner. We say stuff like, 'How dare you speak to me like that, you rude child! Right, if that's how you're going to speak to me, then no TV for you!' And then we get into a power struggle. Tell me what you think. Drop some comments below and hit follow if you like it so I know to make more stuff like this.
