Monday, August 25, 2008
TKO (total knock out)
I was informed that Van punched a kid in primary yesterday, and gave him a bloody nose. What does that mean? Aaron and I were still in Las Vegas, so Shannon and Kevin took the boys to their church. In primary there was a kid who was bullying Van and pushed him. So I guess in return he decided to punch him. I am glad he can stand up for himself, I just wish there was a nicer way to do it. Anyway, Shannon talked to him, and I talked to him when I got home - I think he knows it was not the best way to take care of the problem. Pray for him please! (and me cause obviously I am doing something wrong).
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Hey kim, it's Ali and I found your blog through Melissa, but I love that your kid sticks up for himself. I wish my little Henry would do the same.
love ali
Good for Van! Hey I need the prayers to, maybe for different reasons, like too much estrogen in one house:) Oh and happy annivarsary!
Luke did the exact same thing last year, but in nursery. Maybe the Charles genes carry too much aggression.
It also reminds me of you when you called a girl in your elementary class a naughty word. Dad explained it, "she calls 'em as she see's 'em." I think he was very proud.
At least you know, and that kid know, that Van will not be bullied. I will pass that information along to Luke so he will stop his efforts of pushing Van's buttons.
I was thinking the exact same thing as Kristi about the Charles genes...and the story about you in 6th grade is still one of my favorites.
The soccer game was very fun last night. Thanks for the invite.
I love you
mom
Ha ha! I love that story too about you calling it as you see it!!! I laugh about that all the time
Melissa
Some kids just have more aggression, so don't feel like a failure. Give him an aggressive sport to play and he'll be a star. I'll start praying for him when he's in high-school. That's probably when he'll need it most, along with all of our kids. Right?
Kim, don't blame yourself sweetie. Aaron used to get bullied at school when he was about 7 or 8. We took a karate class together that year; I figured it would only take 1 round-house kick from him to keep the bullies at bay. His instructor taught him the importance of only using karate to DEFEND himself. I will pray for you to find the reason Van seems to harbor so much anger within himself in general; I suspect the punch to the nose is just a symtom of the anger he feels so frequently. The suggestion of directing that energy in sports is good I think. Maybe he senses anger in Aaron because Aaron is so often shouting out things like, "That stupid idiotic retard, I hate people like him!" etc. Perhaps Aaron could pray about not voicing so much of that stuff outloud and possibly modeling anger for the boys. WHO KNOWS??? Keep up the good work, you are awesome- Nana Mary
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