24 The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.
I am sharing what Tom wrote in his blog because I thought his parenting principles were so simple and full of impact
========================= I never expected my children to be perfect. I have had people ask me how I raised great kids. I always struggle to answer those questions because I feel like the outcome is far more about God grace and about their own wise choices than it is about parenting. There is no secret formula nor are there guarantees or sure outcomes. I only had a few guiding principles I attempted to follow…
- Rather than trying to get them to go to church, I tried to model for them an active faith.
- Rather than telling them “no” all the time, I tried to find healthy ways to tell them “yes.”
- Rather than fearing the worst in them, I tried to trust the best in them.
- Rather than holding them back out of fear of what they might do, I tried to release them with faith that they would do the things that they should do.
- Rather than trying to love them with lots of things, I tried to love them with time, affection & attention.
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I've never be so introspect to have formalized principles like Tom did, but I'm might try and make sure I'm implementing some of his like the healthy yes and loving them with time, affection and attention.
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WHOA!!
ReplyDeleteI'm behind. I've been home sick with the flu for the past little bit.....and you know when you're sick, you can't read your bible.
I'll catch up.
I like the principles. They make a lot of sense. It seems so easy to mess up the little buggers doesn't it?
yeah, I've heard the flu bug causes inability to read. Hope you get feeling better soon!
ReplyDeleteyes, seems easy to mess them up but with God's help its got to be a little easier to keep them aimed in the right directions