{"id":45241,"date":"2023-05-27T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T01:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45241"},"modified":"2023-05-27T11:03:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T01:03:44","slug":"parenting-done-right-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45241","title":{"rendered":"Parenting Done Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-45242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Toddler_and_Mum-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"Toddler and Mum\" width=\"1089\" height=\"966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Toddler_and_Mum-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Toddler_and_Mum.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I just witnessed a boy, maybe about 6 or 7, accidentally spill a slushee everywhere in Target. I didn&#8217;t get a photo but I&#8217;m including one of my son and I.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m talking blue and red goop all over the floor, the table, everywhere. The boy looked up at who I assume was his father, and immediately apologized.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of getting angry, his father just said &#8220;Hey, it happens. Let&#8217;s go get napkins and I can show you how to clean it up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then they calmly went to get napkins and then he helped him clean the entire mess. Then, as they were throwing the napkins away, the father said to his son, &#8220;You&#8217;re going to be a human being for a long time, and you have such a smart brain that it&#8217;s important you learn how to be more aware of what you&#8217;re doing. So next time just be sure to pay more attention to your surroundings so accidents like this don&#8217;t happen. Accidents like these can be prevented, but it&#8217;s still okay if they happen. As long as you take responsibility for your mistakes, the clean up is a breeze. I know big messes seem overwhelming and you might feel like you can&#8217;t do it by yourself, but it&#8217;s always okay to ask for help. There is no problem with asking for help when you need it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I have no words. That is parenting done right.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Kalynne Marie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just witnessed a boy, maybe about 6 or 7, accidentally spill a slushee everywhere in Target. I didn&#8217;t get a photo but I&#8217;m including one of my son and I. I&#8217;m talking blue and red goop all over the floor, the table, everywhere. The boy looked up at who I assume was his father, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45241\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Parenting Done Right&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45244,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45241\/revisions\/45244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}