Today I have an article to show you written by a friend of mine, Anthony Cane. I hope you enjoy reading it:
Children say what they hear. I have a child who just turned six. I am sure he would never use the ‘F’ word or say ‘shut up’. The reason I’m sure is not because I’m such a great parent, but because he has never heard these words used before. He doesn’t hear my wife or myself use it, he doesn’t hear his older siblings use it, and we control what media that comes into the ho Read more
Being a great parent doesn’t come easily. When kids are born they don’t come with an instruction booklet. Parents learn as they go in may cases.
Right now I am in Thailand at a conference and as I look around at people and things I notice a few differences. For instance the animals over here. It seems that this culture have no emotional attachment to their pets which I think is sad as I am a pet lover. It reminds me of my plight to become a great parent.
We have to make decisions whi Read more
Raising children is not an easy job. All parents deserve a medal because parenting is often a thankless task. As a mother with four children, some days are a complete blur. Sometimes I just feel like a taxi driver: ballet lessons, beach drop offs and pick ups, youth group, soccer carnivals, etc, etc. Am I the only one who feels like this?
I find that raising children is eaiser when I take time out of my busy schedule to “do things” with my kids. The times in my life that I am busies Read more
Child discipline is a huge issue for most families. What is the right way to deal with things? There are so many options about how to handle things nowadays. Do we smack? Do we ground? Do we give the kids time out?
I have had one of the busiest weeks in my life this week. Now we all know that when we are busy the kids tend to muck up more, at least that’s what I think. So I have a trick to combat this. Whenever I know that I am going to have a busy week I schedule in time for my children Read more
Ever not know what to do to help your kids with bad behavior? I find that sometimes my kids get the better of me with bad behavior and I have no idea what to do. It’s times like this that I have a secret strategy I bring to the table.
I have four kids and they have been known to be bad on occasion. Now yesterday was one of those days. I said to the kids “OK, everyone come to the kitchen table for a family meeting please.”
Everyone gathered together and I picked up a wooden spo Read more
Child discipline issues can be tough to deal with. I want to share something that happened at my house last night because I think it might be able to help a few parents.
Now Sam is 14 years old. He was watching television and it was after 10pm. I don’t have a curfew for bed time for my teenagers during the week, but I was getting a bit frustrated as I knew that my son would have great difficulty getting up in the morning for school.
I was pondering in my mind whether I should discipline Read more
Well I sat down to write about discipline today but nothing would come out. You see, two of my friends died yesterday in a car crash on the Sunshine Motorway. So I had to write about what was on my mind.
I have three teenage boys and they are good friends with the son of the two people who were tragically taken yesterday. We got the phone call and then suddenly I had to forget about myself and think about how I was going to help my children cope with the grief of their friend’s loss of bo Read more
Who wants to know how to get your child to go to bed on time? It can be a never ending battle but there is a key. We don’t want it to be a struggle, we want it to be joy, just part of the daily routine. Here are some keys to help:
Always discuss in advance what the bed time will be. Children do not like surprises and will not respond well to “it’s time for bed”. Make sure the child knows what time they are expected to be in bed. If the child is under five then you need Read more
I guess we all struggle with trying to bring out the best in our kids. As parents we all want to do our best but sometimes we just don’t know what to do. Well, I went to a course at church on Sunday and thought some of you might be interested to know what we talked about.
We talked about Jewish custom and how the Jews used to bless their children at puberty. They called it a Bar Mitzpha (sorry about the spelling). The Jews would recognise the time that their child became an adult, or when Read more
What should we do with angry kids? I’ll tell you one thing you should not do. Don’t try to talk to them. Here’s why: when a child gets angry they cannot see the situation clearly and they certianly cannot think clearly. It is actually a chemical reaction. The brain releases something (sorry, I wasn’t that good at science). This chemical that is released actually scrambles the brain so that your thoughts are not clear and logical. It is not possible to talk rationally to s Read more
