Leading by example is harder than I thought
I tell my kids to be kind and patient but then I yell at them over small stuff. I talk about honesty but I call in sick to work when I'm just tired. I preach about modesty and then scroll social media for hours looking at garbage. My kids are watching all of it. I realized I can't just tell them how to live, I have to actually live it. Started being more intentional about my own faith and how I act. It's embarrassing how much I was the problem. But good news is every day is a chance to do better and show them what actually following Christ looks like.
I struggle with this too. Some days I'm the patient dad I want to be and some days I'm yelling over nothing. I think the key is not expecting yourself to be perfect and modeling that recovery is possible.