When you have young children in the house, you must be prepared to face unexpected emergencies and know how to respond to them.
It’s critical that you understand that these mishaps are bound to happen and you cannot avoid them altogether like some parents mistakenly assume.
You have to be patient with your kids when they make extravagant or stressful mistakes, even if it results in calling a plumber over in the middle of the night to repair a broken pipe because they were playing with a ball in the basement without being careful. Even if they’re cutting recognizable rules you put in place yourself, you have to be careful about overreacting with anger and a verbal assault. My mother was severely patient with me at times, but at others she expressed too much verbal anger. I have a similar problem and I have to check myself all of the time so I’m not overreacting to my kids making honest mistakes. For instance, I can’t imagine various things worse than being forced to call the HVAC supplier on a weekend evening. It’s not poor enough that it’s off hours, but also in the evening is a double hit on the cost of the maintenance visit. It was severely luxurious paying for this recognizable heating and cooling visit despite the fact that I was relieved when the professional was finished with the work. He got it completed in under an hour and we were back to enjoying the a/c again once it was finally over. I told my child that he couldn’t make the same mistake again, otherwise he would be in extreme trouble next time.