Did you miss the other Life Lessons for Kids in this series? Check them out and share them with your friends. Life Lessons for Kids was spawned by observing peaceful and productive adults and the dominant core values they embodied. I wanted to share them with parents. There ended up only being 14 of [...]
I have a child who has the proverbial hole in her pocket. She gets her birthday money and when we go grocery shopping she stands at the checkout line saying, "Ooooooh! Hey mom! What about Beef Jerky?" "Really? Beef Jerky? You want to spend your birthday money on Beef Jerky?" The cashier quietly scans [...]
The quickest way to become depressed is to start making things all about you and how you feel about them. The quickest way to feel isolated is to make it a habit to start looking at how things are affecting you. The quickest way to become alienated by others is by living a life where everything needs to revolve around how you feel.
I partake in Tough Love nearly every day of my life as a parent. When I take my child aside and offer chastisement as a result of disobedience; that is the tough side of love.
I want them to understand that forcing their way is not the right way. It only causes conflict and hard feelings. It does not bring real change. Only God controls the heart. But I want to talk about that later. Right now, I want to talk about why a child needs this Life Lesson.
Here’s the lesson on leadership that I gave Lily on the way home. I made her repeat it several times as we rode together, and I thought you might appreciate it as well:
However you choose to adapt Bible reading and prayer into your daily life as a family, the most important thing is that you start somewhere and somehow. This can help you start.
If you want your child to feel loved, encouraged and respected as a little individual, than read on as I share what I have learned are 9 Things Every Parent Should Stop.
As they grow older, your children are going to be placed in many training situations and it is very important that they know how to take correction; that their way isn't the only way, may not be the best way and they may need to change ... or maybe it won't need to change. Teach them how to take correction well now.
"Act. Don't react." It seemed too late to teach that life lesson to their daughter now. Sitting down to talk with their daughter was always stressful. She had never been taught how to act in the heat of the moment. She just reacted. Her father sat down to discuss with her some things they would like to change as a family. Two sentences into the discussion and their daughter gets up, accuses the parents of an assundry of things and walks out; slamming the door behind her.