Not a valid excuse

This blog entry is based on one the kids not getting ready for bed as instructed -- and using "but [sibling] wasn't getting ready" as a justification for their own lack of compliance.

No.  Saying "no one else is doing the right thing" is not a valid excuse among my children.  For that matter, nor is "everyone else was doing the wrong thing".

I want my children to do what they think is right -- even if no one else is.

Even better:  be a leader, and try to get others to do the right thing.

If people think you're weird for being different:  fine; so be it.  It's better to be "different"... but "in the right".


That's what I say, at least.


--GG