If I am doing this correctly, I am posting the link to my son’s blog. I get many hits on my blog about instilling maturity in children and this blog about Bob’s book will help readers, not only with instilling maturity, but it’s a fantastic book for dads to use with their middle school sons. […]
Excerpt from: Intimacy through Love, Joy, and Bonding
“Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Proverbs 27:17 When we are growing love bonds with others, their love for us will bring up things we need to look at in ourselves, and vice versa. We need to see this as a good thing and not run away from building a love bond for […]
Helping Others When They Hurt
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.” Romans 12: 15 Here is a great way to look at what this verse says: “No one has to fix anyone’s pain; we just need to sit with them in it. It cannot be fixed; it can only be healed.” Sitting with someone does […]
Instilling Maturity about Money
In our first look at Instilling maturity in children, we looked at learning to do hard things, respecting someone’s “no,” handling disappointment and forgiveness. Then in Part Two we looked at paying consequences and being responsible. Now let’s look at another way to instill maturity—handling money. First lessons about money for children Your child’s first […]
Book Review–Brain Rules for Baby–by Dr. John Medina
Last week I read a great parenting book-Brain Rules for Baby: How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five. This book has several points similar to my book Handbook to Joy-Filled Parenting. Dr. John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist, research consultant and author. Face-to-face relationships (living in joy) are the […]
Grace-Filled Families-Part 2
Helping each other do hard things and allowing room for mistakes are other signs of a grace-filled family. Remember that learning to do hard things is part of maturing during the Child Stage of life. As we train the child to pick up after himself, help with chores around the house, do homework, and learn […]