Tonight Younger Boy had homework to do. He wanted help, but instead of asking nicely he screamed "Help me now."

I sat down and told him I would be happy to help him if he could ask in a respectful manner. He couldn't. He just sat there with clenched fists and jaw. After about five minutes he again screamed "Help me."

I was still sitting there. I gave the same explanation. That I was more than happy to help, but he had to ask nicely and say please.

This went on for THIRTY minutes until he finally decided to ask me nicely.

We worked through the four math problems in ten minutes. So...45 minutes later we were done with homework.

Prayers for wisdom for me when it relates to homework.