What our kids need most from us
The Deepest Most Important Lesson of All: Learning to Love
Introduction The hardest lesson of all is learning how to define love, how to accept and share it, and how to make it the heart of one’s total life and living. In addition to being the hardest lesson to learn it also brings us the deepest joys and peace we can ever know in life. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Experienceing Feelings, Trust, Direction, Sharing and Forgiveness
Introduction One of the cardinal principles of parenting is this: You cannot lead a child to where he or she needs to go if you have never been there yourself. You can instruct them, encourage them, even prod them, but you cannot lead them. We lead by example. We show them the basic lessons they [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Learning Dependence, Independence and Interdependence
Introduction When life is being lived out as God intended, we move through stages of Dependence into Independence, and then in maturing achieve a high and workable level of Interdependence. This is as it should be, for the bottom line of human need is in learning to love and be loved. Many of us have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Living within a Triple A Family Environment: Affirmation, Acceptance and Approval
Introduction It cannot be said often enough: We live life from the inside out. Jesus taught us that it is what’s within us – in our hearts – that determines what happens and how we live life. This we will explore in depth during our times together in 2009, but for right now, trust me. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Learning Good Problem Solving
Decision-Making Skills The home is where they are learned best and it is the safest place in which to test these skills out while the consequences of errors are minimal and forgivable. Everyone wants to succeed, but in order to learn how to succeed, we have to try, try, and try again. Like learning to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Understanding our Sexuality
Helping our kids grow into wholeness is one of the greatest tasks we will ever face, but at the same time one of the most thrilling adventures we will ever encounter. They will move from helpless infant through all the stages of personal growth until they reach independence and then interdependence as they grow up [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Acquiring Meaningful Interpersonal Skills
Nothing in all of life is more important to us than are relationships. Life is all about how we relate and how others relate to us. Since we are made for love, one skill we must learn and maintain is healthy ways of relating. These skills are both caught and taught, and the rest of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Acquiring Meaningful Life Skills
These life skills are what childing is all about. If left to their own, what would children know about how to live life to the fullest and to get their real needs met in meaningful, dependable ways, much less know how best to relate to all others? These are the skills that are to be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Knowing God in Age Appropriate Ways
Having a Faith that is Real Like with so much of life, faith develops as we grow in knowledge, have life-changing faith experiences, and come to experience God in age-appropriate ways. Faith is one level for a child, another for a teen as well as a young adult, then on into our maturing years and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Knowing They are Loved Unconditionally
Of course you love your kids. Who doesn’t? Well, maybe there are a few exceptions that appear now and again on page one of the local papers. But, love is the order of the day, isn’t it? Well, it certainly ought to be! But, if all parents love their kids, why is it so few [...]
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