I know most families are hardcore against name calling but somehow, in our home, we've become big-fat-name-callers...and I've decided I'm okay with it.
You'll hear the following "names" thrown around quite often. Sometimes by my kids but learned from me. I want my children to be able to name it when their dark, wicked little hearts are ooze sin.
Ugly: a term used to describe the actions of someone who is acting rudely/unpleasantly to others
Jerk: a contemptibly obnoxious person who "jerks" people around out of hatefulness
Punk: a person who goes around starting fights and brings about division {like a smoldering stick used for lighting firework fuses}
Bossy: a person who tells others what to do in a mean, self-righteous manner
Toot: a person acting "stinky", foul, unmannerly {like stinky passing of gas}
It's actually quite simple to teach littles to name the fruit they should be oozing; they're used to practicing opposites! Here are some of the opposite "names" we call each other at home as well. In all honesty though, we do need to get better at identifying these when they come out naturally, as positive reinforcement rather than a comparison lecture when the sin rears its head.
Beautiful/Handsome: acting gentle/pleasantly to others
Lady/Gentlemen: respectable delightful person who encourages others with love
Kind/Helpful/Thoughtful/Peacemaker: a person who seeks to keep peace or bring about unity
Leader: a person who shows people with their actions the direction they want others to go, guiding them gently
Sweet: a person acting pure, pleasant, well-mannered
I'm thinking I should make up some printables to go with these that could hang on the wall for my kids. I don't know about you, but our family does well with visuals.
What about your family, are you name-callers?
Excellent thought and job!🙂
Thanks. I hope it’s coming across as a positive thing and we don’t veer off into hateful name calling.