{"id":4200,"date":"2016-05-04T03:17:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T03:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/?p=4200"},"modified":"2016-05-04T03:17:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T03:17:18","slug":"daring-kids-library-fines-and-yelling-encouragements-from-the-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2016\/05\/daring-kids-library-fines-and-yelling-encouragements-from-the-van\/","title":{"rendered":"Daring Kids, Library Fines, and Yelling Encouragements at Drop Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4205\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DaringKids.jpg\" alt=\"DaringKids\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a video going around about a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/kindness\/teacher-encourages-kindness-starting-each-class-giving-out-compliments-t57026\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Florida teacher who spends ten minutes every morning encouraging his students <\/a>that inspired me in my practice of shalom with the kids.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: calc(56.25% + 50px); height: 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/offsite\/florida-teacher-compliments-special-students-every-day-569984579667\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Like most kids, my guys wake up for school in a stank mood. They do not want to go.\u00a0 They\u2019re done.\u00a0 and I get it.\u00a0 I\u2019m careening towards my own version of <a href=\"http:\/\/jenhatmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/30\/worst-end-of-school-year-mom-ever\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">worst end of the school year mom<\/a>. But, I saw this video last week and thought myself, <em>what if every morning on the drive to school I encourage the kids with compliments. If words have power and I want to use them to make my kids whole then let me try to encourage them every single day until the last day of school.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I started with, \u201cyou\u2019re smart. You\u2019re kind. You\u2019re a leader.\u201d The kids joked that I sounded like\u00a0Aibileen Clark from, \u201cThe Help\u201d, so I switched tactics and moved on to specific things going on in their lives,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYou can be a peacemaker with your friends at lunchtime.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can be respectful to your math teacher even when you\u2019re bored.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s ok to show how much you know about history by answer the teacher when she calls on you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I ran out of specifics to yell from the minivan so this morning I decided to remind them of their back to school benedictions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4202\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/benedictions.jpg\" alt=\"benedictions\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\"><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the year, I told TJ that I believed he was a brave kid, that God made him to be daring and take meaningful risks like make a new friend or try out an instrument. Well, this morning I called to him as he got out of the van, \u201cJesus loves you and don\u2019t forget to be Daring today T.J.!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I guess my encouragement meant something to him because today at school he wrote this letter in response to some frustrating news he got at the local library last week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4203\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/libraryletter.jpg\" alt=\"libraryletter\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3059\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">Oh my word, how daring is that?<br>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But it gets better, y\u2019all! Because he wanted to actually <em>give<\/em> the letter to the librarian instead of put it in the mail, \u201cI think it\u2019ll mean more if I go to the library.\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>I had to work so, my oldest offered to take his brother to the library.<\/p>\n<p><span data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">\u00a0When they got home they told me this story: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">Terrance walked up to the librarian, handed the letter to her and said,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span class=\"UFICommentBody\"> \u201cI know this isn\u2019t the money, but I have this letter.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">The librarian read it, chuckled and then walked back to her supervisor to show her the letter. The manager called them back to the office and said, \u201cI read your note. It was really cute. What card is the fee on?\u201d He told her and then she said, \u201cOk, I can reduce the fee down to 3.95. Can you pay that now?\u201d he said no- of course he didn\u2019t have any money and he expected to be a library intern! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span class=\"UFICommentBody\">But then my oldest chimed in with a solution. He told her that he has a <a href=\"http:\/\/furycards.weebly.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">card-making business<\/a> and he\u2019d sell his playing cards to help pay his brother\u2019s fines. Then he asked will she let him check out books until his balance is brought to zero. The librarian asked to see his playing cards. My oldest pulled an unfinished pack out of his back pocket and showed her. The librarian then whipped out HER OWN WALLET and bought the pack from my son for $5.\u00a0 Because T.J. dared to ask, the kiddos not only got T.J.\u2019s card down to a zero balance, but my oldest is so encouraged in his art.<br>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m amazed at the power of kind words right now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4204 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/4390541_orig-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"4390541_orig\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/p>\n<p>I want to give a huge shout out to the staff at the La Crescenta Library branch for their kindness and support of my kiddos.<\/p>\n<p>Shalom and Saving Money on Library Fines,<\/p>\n<p>Osheta<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3256 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TJapproves-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"TJapproves\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a video going around about a Florida teacher who spends ten minutes every morning encouraging his students that inspired me in my practice of shalom with the kids. 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