There was a really cool parenting moment I wanted to share. Today, after our flag football game, the church that runs the league held a pizza party. There were a TON of kiddos and families there of all different ages.
Predictably, once the kids got through pizza and goodies a pretty large group of them started running around on the bleachers in the back, jumping around and being crazy.
I was really impressed that our boys didn’t even ask to go even through I knew a part of them wanted to. Who wouldn’t? But they knew it was not the right thing to do. They could tell. But what I really wanted to share was what happened next. I noticed that after a short period of time a small crowd of kiddos started to congregate around each of our boys, who were both at separate tables. Think about that. These kids were now having a blast sitting around, talking and joking. Also having fun, but within the limits of the acceptable behavior for the situation. Our boys choice to do the right thing spread to others.
I shared with the boys how we are always leading others. We are always impacting each other. The question is, which way are we leading?
Will you bend to culture and how everyone else seems to be doing parenting? Or will you be an instrument where God makes ongoing impacts in the world one situation at a time? Moments like these make it clear to me that it truly is the narrow path that leads to life.