If you’re anything like me, your time spent in the confessional often features more than a little sinful déjà vu. No matter how frequently or infrequently I find myself making use of the sacrament, many sins for which I’m seeking absolution are repeat offenders that I’ve struggled with for decades.

I’ve been a parent for more than five years now and recently engaged in a parental examination of conscience. I found that the times when I’m a less-than-exemplary father seem to occur when I fall into repetitive bad habits.

Are you guilty of any of these seven “daddly” sins?

Anger

Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan has a line in one of his routines that my wife will often jokingly quote at me: “Why is Dad always in a bad mood?” In Gaffigan’s routine, he recalls the line as something that he often thought about his father when they were on family vacations. My wife’s use of the question is a gentle reminder that I have lost my patience and am unnecessarily reacting out of anger.

There is nothing wrong with getting mad—it’s a natural emotion that rises to the top frequently when you have four kids under the age of 6. Deciding how to process that anger is where the rubber hits the road. Do you take it out on your kids or your spouse? Do you hold it inside and spend the rest of the day brooding to yourself?