Spare the rod
hippiemommy
I love reading different people’s perspectives on the rod verses. Even when they don’t all agree, I find that studying the verses and the interpretations of the verses is a…
Gentle Discipline
Honor vs. Respect
I am reading Turansky and Millers’ Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes in You and Your Kids right now for a reading group for homeschool moms that I…
The Beatitudes
Matthew 5 The Beatitudes 1Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2and he began to teach them…
Watching over little hearts
Proverbs 4:23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. I’ve been going back through Heartfelt Discipline, and just couldn’t pass up the…
Watching my children blossom
I had a really cool experience today, and I wanted to share I realize that most of you have never met my kids (or me!), but let me start by…
“…as a father would his own children”
I’ve been thinking a lot about the way that we are to disciple our children as well as fellow believers. It has been an interesting study for me. I am…
Does God punish us?
Joe and I had the most amazing conversation last night about God’s character and how that translates into our marriage and our parenting. I’m hoping to do a couple of…
Those wonderful twos.
My dd has recently hit the “disequilibrium” that we’ve all heard so much about. She is almost two-and-a-half, and she has been teaching me so much in the past few…
The punitive mindset
Although I have spent plenty of time trying to explain it, I still find that many of my friends (the non-GBD kind) don’t see how coming from a punitive mindset…
Descriptive Praise
http://aolff.org/ I’ve been devouring my way through Crystal Lutton’s Biblical Parenting this week. I have known Crystal for quite a while, so I feel like I’m doing this backwards, but…
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