Archive for the ‘Getting Along’ Category
18January2008
20 Ways to Help Children to Be Givers
Posted by Michelle under: Getting Along.
My friend Kelly and sat drinking coffee a few weeks ago and started swapping ways we’ve been attempting to help our children live out the truth that Love Gives and Love Serves. We thought it would be fun to start a list to share, so here is my list. Notice that the list emphasizes what [...]
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16January2008
How to Respond to Whiny Children
Posted by Michelle under: Emotions; Getting Along; Wisdom.
Around our house, we’ve seen a glut of complaining recently, and not just in my children. I’ve noticed my own self complain more than once, and I’ve heard the same whiny tone in my own voice that I dislike in my children’s. So I determined this Wisdom Wednesday to work on something that we can [...]
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21December2007
Good Teasing
Posted by Michelle under: Getting Along.
One of the parts of discipline that I’ve been noticing I need more work on is instruction. I often err by assuming my children should know some thing or another, and as a result become angry when they don’t meet my expectations. One simple solution is to take the time to teach what I expect. [...]
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19December2007
“Me First”
Posted by Michelle under: Getting Along; Manners.
We picked out another Helen Lester book at the library the other day, called Me First. I thought it would be a good conversation starter, and although it has been, I realized that the moral of the story is actually selfishly polite. Why should we share? Because sometimes being first isn’t desirable for my pleasure [...]
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10November2007
Teaching Children to Get Along
Posted by Michelle under: Getting Along.
One of the things I admire about my sister-in-law Martha is her ability to teach her children to resolve conflict. When her children come, needing a referee, she helps them think through how they’ve already attempted to solve the problem, and then gives further suggestions that might be helpful. Many times I’ve heard her ask, [...]
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5November2007
Helping Our Children Extend Grace
Posted by Michelle under: Getting Along; Introspection.
Our children are learning about God’s Goodness in children’s church. The children have spent a lot of time learning about what grace is, and why it shows God’s goodness to us and other sinners. As part of the lesson, the children were asked how they could show grace to those who have done wrong to [...]
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17October2007
Giving Up My Rights
Posted by Michelle under: Getting Along; Humility; In the Car and on the Go.
Thinking about rights and bullies has started me inspecting my own life, and how often I help my children learn humility in this area. I think perhaps they do better than I do. In some areas, I think I’ve got this under control; in other areas, I think I could use more work. I’m most [...]
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16October2007
Somebody Is Bullying My Child: Part 2
Posted by Michelle under: Getting Along; Humility; In the Car and on the Go.
Yesterday I mentioned I wasn’t happy with how I responded to a child who was bothering my daughter during storytime. Here is what I did: I quickly walked over to them, pulled his hand off my daughter, and said, “She asked you to stop poking her. Stop poking.” He got the message.
Afterwards, I finally figured [...]
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15October2007
Somebody Is Bullying My Child: Part 1
Posted by Michelle under: Getting Along; Humility; In the Car and on the Go.
This morning we went to storytime at the library on our air force base. Both David and Bethel were listening well, but just as the story was starting to wind down, several of the children became fidgety, and one little boy started to poke Bethel. She told him to stop (quietly [shock], probably too quietly [...]
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26September2007
The Secret of Well-Mannered Children
Posted by Michelle under: Bedtime; Getting Along.
One of the fascinating observations Lee and I have recently made is that our children undergo a transformation when they have their pajamas on. All of a sudden, they work much harder at resolving conflict on their own, and they play together better than at any other time of the day. We think it’s [...]
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