I have found that parenting is both the most wonderful and the most frightful task on earth. I now know that nearly all parents feel they have failed in some way from being the kind of parent they dreamed of becoming. In the last thirty years there have been more novel expressions of family patterns than we could ever imagine. Two extremes come to mind. The first is being too harsh .
Kids have a natural sense of justice.
The second cause of much anger is neglect . Not enough time with kids leaves them feeling unloved and anger is the result. Something happens to bring anger on. These words, used with every baptismal vow, address the spiritual formation of our children . Nothing is more important than their spiritual formation.