I wanted to pass this resource along...since school has begun, I am intensely reminded of the responsibility to uphold "my end of the deal" and am very fortunate that there is no "deal breaker" in my attempts to "make a deal" because "the real Deal" has made an offer I can't turn down. In parenting, the waves of unrest can be unbearable at times but James Dobson offers some tips. Here are a couple of questions he addresses in his free resource "Parenting With Confidence":
Q: You have said that the children of godly parents sometime go into severe rebellion and never return to the faith they were taught. I have seen that happen to some wonderful families that loved the Lord and were committed to the church. Still, it appears contradictory to Scripture. How do you interpret Proverbs 22:6, which says, “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it”? Doesn’t that verse mean, as it implies, that the children of wise and dedicated Christian parents will never be lost? Doesn’t it promise that all wayward offspring will return, sooner or later to the fold?
Q: My 3-year-old son can be counted on to behave like a brat whenever we are in the mall or in a restaurant.
He seems to know I will not punish him there in front of other people. How should I handle this tactic?
Q: The greatest power struggle in our home is schoolwork, which you mentioned, and especially homework. Our fifth-grader simply will not do it! When we force him to study, he sits and stares, doodles, gets up for
water and just kills time. Furthermore, we never know for sure what his assignments are. What would you recommend?
Q: How do you feel about homework being given by schools? Do you think it is a good idea? If so, how much and how often?
Q: You’ve made a big deal over the issue of newborns and whether or not they come into the world with complex temperaments or as “blank slates.” When all is said and done, what difference does it make? Children are children, and we take them as we find them. Why does it matter whether they began with “something” or with “nothing”?
Q: Generally speaking, what kind of discipline do you use with a teenager who is habitually miserable to live with?
Q: My wife and I are new Christians, and we now realize that we raised our kids by the wrong principles. They’re grown now, but we continue to worry about the past and we feel great regret for our failures as parents. Is there anything we can do at this late date?
For the answers, follow the link to this resource:
Parenting With Confidence
Also, Dr. Dobson offers further insights on his site "Family Talk":
Family Talk
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