Archive for the ‘Obedience’ Category
12February2008
Motives for Asking Children to Obey
Posted by Michelle under: Introspection; Obedience.
We’ve been talking about Philippians 4:13 off and on at our house. Today I noticed that in addition to helping them to remember that God will help them do right, this verse also causes me to think about my actions in asking them to obey.
Will God help them do anything their parents ask them to [...]
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11February2008
Parenting from the Couch
Posted by Michelle under: Obedience.
Lately, I’ve noticed my middle child struggling with obedience. Her tendency is to respond to a command by bursting into tears and saying I don’t want to… I need help… I can’t… and so on. I’ve been trying to teach her how to respond to her emotions. One way is to teach her how to [...]
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1February2008
Forgetting to Smile
Posted by Michelle under: Communication and Meaning; Obedience.
When I taught school, I occasionally had a student who thought I didn’t like him or her. Sometimes this conclusion was more or less correct, but what was always true in these cases was that I found myself smiling at those students significantly less than with other students. I needed to deliberately smile at these [...]
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27November2007
Discipline and Anger
Posted by Michelle under: Obedience.
I have two stories on anger today.
Yesterday I was attempting to troubleshoot our computer, so I could print out a bird template for my scissor-happy children. It was moving extraordinarily slow, and I had already bypassed the “safe boot” once in hopes that a simple solution would suffice. David casually walked up and punched the [...]
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2November2007
Discipline All the Children for One’s Offense?
Posted by Michelle under: Mentoring; Obedience; Uncategorized.
A certain discipline example was brought up today by an observant woman. I’ve thought about it before and have not come to a conclusion, although I do have some thoughts and leanings.
The question is whether it is ever appropriate to discipline multiple children for one child’s offense (like going on an outing, for example). I [...]
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29October2007
Obedience and Safety
Posted by Michelle under: Obedience.
One of the children (around age seven) in our house tried to cut a piece of bread with one of our very sharp knives. He cut himself and, blood spurting out, came rather humbly to his mother. Her response was of interest to me. She efficiently got a napkin to staunch the blood and sent [...]
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6September2007
Another Obedience Lesson
Posted by Michelle under: Obedience.
God is good. I have two sick children, with very goopy eyes and noses, that even my husband said was too yucky to pass on to another child. So we canceled Bible study. I was feeling somewhat sorry for myself, feeling like I really needed the encouragement of another mom. Up to our house drove [...]
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1September2007
Look at Me
Posted by Michelle under: Attention; Obedience.
For some reason all of her short life Bethel has had a difficult time with the command, Look at me. Sometimes I have to repeat the command several times before she responds.
Yes, she’s naturally non-linear, like me. And yes, there are times when I think she really forgets what I ask her to do. This [...]
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22August2007
Lessons of Obedience
Posted by Michelle under: Obedience; Uncategorized.
One night shortly after David started walking, Lee and I sat across from each other and tried to get him to “come” from one parent to another. I even had candy to make it fun. Our dear son who does not perform on cue sensed a performance atmosphere and did not cooperate in his lesson. [...]
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19August2007
Flick, No
Posted by Michelle under: Obedience.
One of the methods I’ve seen (and read about) for teaching obedience is the “flick, no” approach. I’m talking specifically about the learning process where a very young child (say 9-15 months) is figuring out that she or he must obey the command coming from mom or dad. Baby reaches up to touch the computer, [...]
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