There are so many things that we want to accomplish each day, why sweat the small stuff?   When it comes to raising children, I often hear people say, “You have to pick your battles.”  I tend to agree with choosing to focus on the things you feel are most important.  Allowing some of the smaller less important things to go and focusing on the more important issues at hand.  However, it is important to make sure you focus on some of the issues.  Picking your battles does require you to choose items to focus on!   For me, when we lived…