Children

Now that's a real mom. When I get stressed or upset with my husband, I very much try to keep the kids out of the middle! He has a real problem with that though. If he's upset about something, he has a hard time keeping himself from snapping at them. Not too long ago, he had his sunglasses on the front seat of his car. The little one, Naomi, likes to climb over into the front. Well she creamed his sunglasses, bent them all out of shape and really messed them up. He came in with them and the pliers and the mini screwdriver set and was hollering and just really upset. Finally when he calmed down, our son Cary, who has autism, asked him, "Dad do you still like me?" Of course he said yes and gave all the kids big hugs and told them he wasn't mad at them, it was his fault and so on. But wouldn't it be nice if he wouldn't explode at them like that in the first place?