Dinnertime Judgement
Our 14 year old son taught us a lesson the other day that frankly embarrassed my husband and me. As we were eating our amazing rosemary pork roast and bruschetta, my son thought he would open up the dinner conversation with "I've decided our family is too judgmental." After 5 seconds of silence I responded, "You are probably right, Dad and I really need to work harder on that."
Just when I thought I had escaped the warranted disappointment, my husband chimed in, "OK, we will try very hard to be less judgmental, except with horrible drivers, we draw the line there." My son then tried to defend bad drivers with the standard, 'you don't know that they aren't trying to....', but my husband and I refused to give in.
So now let me ask, what 14 year old does that? What teenager possesses a clear conscience and kind heart?
I am proud of my teenager. My poor children had a mother that was way too rebellious, and thus they have to continue to teach me life lessons.
