Friday, March 5, 2010

Practical Parenting


As most of you know, our daughters attend a Christian school and each week our Principal includes a “Practical Parenting” section in our weekly newsletter that comes home every Thursday. I’m going to attempt to include it in my blog each week. It’s always nice to get some additional guidance on raising these precious children that God has placed in our lives. Have a great weekend!


Several years ago we had a speaker share with our parents some great ideas on talking children through a discipline situation. Here are his ideas.

Identify your child’s misbehavior. Describe exactly what they did. Describe how that misbehavior impacts other people. Suggest an alternative, acceptable behavior. Tell them what the consequence will be. Reiterate your expectation for next time.

Walk your child through the 4 A’s:


ADMIT
– Be honest. Admit what you did that was wrong.

APOLOGIZE – Say, “I’m sorry for….” Apologize to everyone you have hurt or offended.

ACCEPT – Accept the consequences or discipline for your actions without anger.

AMENDS – Make amends. Fix, pay for, replace, or make up for what you’ve done. Next time change or correct the behavior.

Your child is in process (actually all of us are). Your job is to teach them the Godly way to walk through this life – making the right choices and correcting the wrong ones. It is a great honor to raise children as well as a great responsibility.

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