Mary Beth and I have been struggling to come up with incentives to help Caleb obey. It seemed like whatever punishment or reward we would try, he just wasn’t interested in being obedient.

After thinking on the matter for a while, we decided to come up with a “Behavior Chart.” For every day he is obedient, he can get up to two stickers on his chart: one for the morning and one for the afternoon. We let Caleb come up with what kind of reward he would get when he reached three stickers. Being my son, he decided on a reward involving food, specifically donuts.

Well, last night Caleb reached the ultimate goal: three stickers! Caleb requested to ride in daddy’s fast “race car” on the way to the donut shop. So, this morning we set out on a mission in my “fast race car” to find donuts. After unsuccessfully reaching two closed donut shops, we finally found one that was open and enjoyed our breakfast together.

I’m very proud of my boy for learning to be more patient and slow to anger. I pray that God will continue to work in his heart to someday become the man that God wants him to be. I’m so thankful to be his dad.