Parenting and the Right Amount of Rage

Parenting is not for the weak.  And I say that knowing that in general I've had a pretty nice path with my guys but geesh.....  The tween is still very angry at us..it was a tad frosty for most of the evening.  By the time he went to bed he had softened a bit and had said a word or two to us.  The other one told me about the mean things some other kids had said to him and it freaking breaks my heart.  It's hard to know when to step in and when you let him get hurt.  BLEGH.

Later in the evening Owen said something to me, I forget what, but I responded teasingly with, "oh, so do you really love me?"  And his eyes got big and he said,

Well, who WOULDN'T love you Mom?  I mean you're smart and your're beautiful and you have just the right amount of rage in you.

All I could do was say, "thank you sweet pea."

I gotta say....I think that's brilliant.....the right amount of rage....

 and now....a little bit of Vertebrats to start my day....