Friday, January 11, 2013

My Bad Temper And Feeling Guilty

I lost my temper this morning.

Yesterday the school had sent a letter home saying the teachers would be on strike today, and there would be no school. So I let my daughter stay up a half hour later than usual. However, early this morning I found out that teacher's were no longer going on strike and that students were expected to go to school. 

Sidney was really tired when I woke her up, and disappointed because I made the mistake of telling her last night she was going to get to stay home today. This made for a really cranky little girl. She was giving me attitude, whipping her shirt in my face while I tried to dress her and screaming at me. 

I completely lost my temper. No matter what I said or tried I couldn't get her to listen or treat me with respect. 

She ended up being late for school, and we parted angry and upset with one another. This is the first time I have sent her off to school feeling that way and now I don't feel angry, just childish and sick to my stomach. I feel so guilty, and unworthy of forgiveness. I'm the parent here, right? Why didn't I act like it? 

I definitely need to refresh my memory on how to deal with this type of behaviour properly, and push my own tiredness away the next time.

In the mean time though, I get to pick Sidney up in ten minutes and all I want to do is hug her so tight, and never let her go and to apologize over and over again.

Does anyone else ever have days like this? Do other parents lose their temper, and feel quilty afterwards?

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  1. YES!!!!! Most mom's that I've spoken with have been through this too.... Although, its not good to do all the time we are human and we get frustrated so sometimes we lose our cool. Sometimes I beat myself up about it and sometimes I feel really bad but you just have to explain to her why you lost your cool and let her know that you love her and give her a big hug and kiss:-)

    Just know that you're not alone and that we all go through this... Don't beat yourself up about it, it happens to the best of us.

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    1. Good to hear I'm not alone! Ugh, I felt so bad that day. But I have been working on keeping my cool and it's working out pretty good.

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