Guilt Prayer

Cal keeps getting out of his bed at naptime even though he knows it's not allowed. I hear him running around and he knows the consequence: a spanking. Today, I talked to him again about obeying- that by obeying me and Eric, he obeys the Lord. I felt like he was giving me all the right answers, but was sure to get out of bed again. So I said, "Let's pray. God, I pray that you will help Calvin obey by staying in bed. And please give me patience and consistency, so that Cal learns not to get up. Amen."

Then Cal says, "And God, please help me stay in bed so that mommy doesn't say mean things to me."

Um, yeah...