Parenting Children - September 8, 2012

Day 25 - Helping Children Make Good Choices Part I

1. Be Fair and Clear

• are they old enough to understand our instructions?
• are we expecting too much for their age?

2. Use your voice effectively
• use a serious tone of voice to teach what "no" means
• aim not to shout unless warning of danger

3. Action gets results
• shouting and threatening are ineffective
• important to take action over bad behavior,
• i.e: follow through with a consequence

Question:
What choices have you given your child(ren) today? What encouragement have you given for right choices this week? What unpleasant consequences have you used for wrong choices this week?

From Series: "Parenting Children Ages 0-10"

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  • We need to express love to our child(ren) in all five ways
  • some expressions of love/love languages will be more important to them than others
  • as our children grow older we need to try to recognize their primary and secondary ways of feeling loved
  • pay particular attention to using their principal love languages

Which expressions of love do you think make the most difference to your children?  Which of the five do you find most difficult to give? What would help you show love in this way?

 

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