Raising Amazing Kids Part 5

I couldn't say all I wanted to say during our 4 part sermon series "Raising Amazing Kids" So here is a little extra.

4 ways to communicate with children.
1. Don’t feel like you have to say anything.
-Just hold them, be there, it can change moods
2. Don’t always say no or stop
-Look for a way to say your no more positively
-Say we will see
-Don’t say no we have to have lunch
-Say yes we will after lunch
-Look for times to say yes
3. Wave my magic wand.
-If I could wave my magic wand I would make a box of cheerios appear, unbreak the toy
-I would accommodate you if I could
4. Admit a task is difficult.
-Sympathetic.
-It’s tough to talk off your socks, sometimes it helps to pull down from the back instead of pulling the toes
-Geometry is hard, but I know you can do it, how can I help
-"Sometimes it helps" is a good phrase.

(The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin, pg 99 para 1-4)

Dad I am watching you

Dedicated Children

Today Living Hope dedicated 4 children to the Lord. I charged the parents with these words from Deut 6:4-9 and Psalms 78. I also charge myself as a parent and all parents that may read this with these 4 charges.

1. Be an example of daily walking humbly with God.
-Children will not do what you say they will do what you do. We must live rightly if we want our children to live rightly.

2. Look for opportunities daily to teach right living.
-Your children do not have your years of experience and wisdom so don't assume they do. Every situation is a teaching situation. Everywhere we go is a classroom. Don't miss the opportunites that come along while watching a movie, playing a game, or shopping at a store to teach your children.

3. See their potential and speak words of life.
-This is one my favorite things to do with my daughter. Every morning before she got on the school bus for about a minute I would speak words of encouragement to her. I tell she is great, beautiful, smart, funny, nice, good, kind, etc, etc, etc. When the world gets tough I want to have words of life to carry her through those times.

4. Pray daily for your children.
-Everyday you should call your child's name out to God. Prayer is powerful and effective. I want God's blessing on my child's life so I pray for her.

In Jesus' Service,