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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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There are so many personalities of children and mothers, so many strengths and weaknesses, that it would be impossible to give a one size fits all approach to discipline. There’s no formula; no substitute for wisdom. However, sometimes knowing what other people do can help us discern variations that will work for us.
We’ve been deliberately [...]

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Every so often, I start thinking about the biblical instruction I’m giving (or not) to Laurel. She’s eight months old today, and to be truthful, I’ve never quoted a Bible verse to her. I’ve never (that I can remember) told her that Jesus loves her. I’ve sung songs about God to her, but I don’t [...]

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I have a few discipline examples today I’ve been thinking about.
For some time we’ve been explaining to our children that they may not say “no” when mom or dad tells them to do something. Recently, we explained that this was disrespectful and they would receive a spanking if they did it. Yesterday afternoon I gave [...]

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When do you say “thank-you” to your children?

 When they do something kind unexpectedly, without prompting.
When they respond to a polite request, like “Please pass the broccoli” or “Please bring me a diaper for baby.”
When they do something they are supposed to be doing: “Thank you for playing so unselfishly with your sister” or “Thank you [...]

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This morning we went to the zoo. Admission was free, and I found some free parking about a mile away, so we walked! For some reason, my child who normally loves wearing a hat wanted to take hers off. Since she also wanted to walk, I decided a good consequence for taking the hat off [...]

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Do they understand “no”? Of course they do! However, I’ve noticed far quicker obedience when I am more specific about what I’m saying no about, particularly when it’s something the child doesn’t exactly know is unacceptable.
Last night, for example, Bethel (28 months) was pushing a very large model airplane that I had brought in from [...]

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One of the things we’ve been doing with Bethel (28 months) has been to teach her to look and respond to mom when her name is called. I don’t know if David learned this on his own, but Bethel hasn’t, so we’ve been teaching it.
Right now, we’re still in the teaching stage (no consequences when [...]

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On Saturday, our family went on a treasure hunt around some old turquoise and gold mines. As we were hiking down from the ridge of a large hill, Lee went over with the girls to explore a big iron grate we saw from the top, while I helped David down. He called out to David [...]

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One of the hardest parts of visiting relatives for me is discipline. Now you must understand that our family is supportive of our commitment to biblical discipline. We don’t always agree on the particulars, but as far as families go, we’re all pretty much on the same page (or close to it), particularly when you [...]

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