Group Therapy

We have been having some attitude issues in our house. Everyone warned us about the "terrible" twos, but let me tell you, the twos were nothing compared to the fours. In fact, I'd say the twos were terrific compared to this! These have been trying times for us. One of the biggest issues of late is helping Josiah find an acceptable way to express his anger and/or frustration 'cause what he's been doing needs to stop. ANYWAY...long story short: we got a punching bag yesterday. It hasn't been used for anger management yet, but last night after John got home the four of us (you can guess who was left out) stood in a square with the "bop bag" in the middle and hit it around. Now what was great about this, other than the boys LOVED it, was that they don't have the fastest reflexes yet and so sometimes when John and I would hit the bag it would hit them in the face--don't worry, they never got hurt, in fact they were laughing the whole time. But John and I decided it was good group therapy because, admit it parents, there are times when you just want to smack your kids for what just came out of their mouth! So, we all got to release some of our frustration and in the end we were all laughing and having a good time playing with each other. Who could ask for more?