{"id":796,"date":"2009-04-23T07:29:48","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T13:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottnkelly.com\/blog\/?p=796"},"modified":"2018-02-08T04:56:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T04:56:49","slug":"the-new-golden-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottnkelly.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/23\/the-new-golden-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"The NEW Golden Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A few months ago, our small boy had a school program where his starring line was actually a sentence fragment due to the vast number of kids who needed speaking parts and the apparent shortage of lines. He did a stand-up job delivering his half sentence clearly and with feeling:\u00a0 “The golden rule says that we should treat others . . . .”<\/em> at which point a classmate chimed in to complete the sentence. If I’d realized what a difference it would make to his comprehension, I would’ve made him learn the whole thing but I incorrectly assumed that participating in the sketch about how to treat others would be sufficient. Wrong.<\/p>\n

Fast-forward to yesterday where\u00a0a typical after-school scene unfolded — the 7 year old was rushing around to gather her things for\u00a0Acro class, our small boy and his oldest sister were slowly unpacking their book bags in a contest to see who could take the longest and do the most things inbetween what I’ve asked them to do. During this time, Spencer\u00a0was talking non-stop\u00a0about his day. Because we’d already covered the important parts on the drive home,\u00a0I was really only\u00a0listening with one ear (the other one had been talked off already)\u00a0— he had a great day, they played outside, he kept all\u00a0his smiles (the K4 equivalent of a punishment system is the removal of a smiley face from beside their names).\u00a0Then he started talking about the ‘golden rule’. I’m half listening, half wondering where the red-headed Acro pixie is, watching the clock, checking my email,\u00a0and getting a little annoyed that no one is unpacking a darned thing. Suddenly I hear my oldest say — “Um, really, Buddy?” And because\u00a0the hair stands up on my head when I hear that tone from her, I turned around to see the raised eyebrow that strongly implies ‘mom, you need to ask him to retell this one’ — and I did. This is what I heard . . .\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Spencer:<\/strong> Mom, you know how the golden rule tells us to do to others what they do to us?<\/p>\n

Mom:<\/strong> Well, that’s not exactly it, but sure, go on.<\/p>\n

Spencer:<\/strong> Well today someone kicked me, so I kicked them back — I told them I had to do it to them because they did it to me and I had to follow the golden rule.<\/p>\n

I know it’s probably a reflection on my parenting but I honestly had to turn around so he wouldn’t see my facial expression and the laughing\u00a0tears I was holding back.\u00a0 I tell you, I never thought the larger class size would be an issue — now I’m beginning to wonder!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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