Attitudes
A Cup of Tea
When Ryshoni Joy turned four years old last month, her birthday requests included a tea set and an apron. Unlike her mother, Rysha is the classic “little lady.”
A Thankful Heart
Children Learn Heart Attitudes from Mom and Dad’s Actions
Angry Child
I do have a question. How do I deal with an angry child? When he doesn't get his way, when I fix a breakfast he's not fond of, he acts angry and blames me.
Bad Attitude
In one of our recent seminars, a mother complained to Debi, “The children frustrate me so much...
Bad Days?
“Do I ever have a day where everything goes wrong and the children will not stop crying?” I sure do.
Blame
Blame was the second sin. Adam fell by eating the forbidden fruit, but he cut himself off from restoration when he blamed God for giving to him the woman who “caused” him to disobey.
Emotional Manipulators
Just this week, a family was visiting us in the Herb garden while their children played in the yard.
More than Obedience?
Should I expect her do more than what she is commanded? Isn’t that asking too much?
Mountain Ma and Pa
O, so much ter do
So much ter be done!
The work’s never through
An the work ain’t much fun.
No thanks fer yer labor
No pay fer the job"
Jest "What’s fer supper?"
"How bout corn-on-da-cob?"
Ya mop an ya sweep,
Ya dust an...
Show Me: Gratefulness
Have you ever given a gift to a young teen and watched her face draw up with an expression that was half irritation and half mockery, vividly showing her disdain for your stupid choice?
Thankfulness
My husband is a mechanic, and in his line of work he meets all kinds of different people, because everybody needs their car worked on at one time or another. There are at least two kinds of people, the thankful and the unthankful.
The Flavor of Joy
Parenting, like courtship, must be properly seasoned with joy. Parenting without joy is not only tasteless, it is tiresome. Joy is the expression of present life—yet more, it is the energy and vision of life that shall be.
The Folly of Fairness
There is a universal tendency to try to make life fair. We tend to think of legislated fairness as equality, when in fact it is inequality. This is so ingrained in us that we equate fairness with justice.
