Quotes to Live By

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
(John Quincy Adams)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. (Aristotle)

Every artist was first an amateur. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. (Thomas Jefferson)

It takes ten years to build up a reputation, but only five minutes to ruin one. (Anonymous)

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Positive Discipline for the 1st Three Years

There are many books on parenting these days. If you read every book that was ever published, you would find that many of them repeat the same things over and over again. There are also numerous books on discipline: spanking vs. no spanking. 
How do we as future parents discipline our children? I read this book with an open mind because I believe the author has some great points. I just don't believe in everything she says. I'm not saying it's wrong advice, but every child is different. Just like there are more than one way to learn. There is also more than one way to parent.

If you are a parent, you should always listen with one open ear and one closed ear. Don't believe everything one person says, but pick and choose the methods that work for your individual child. INDIVIDUAL CHILD! Because everyone knows that even if you have siblings, their likes, dislikes and even personality traits are different.

You cannot group parenting advice together for all your children. So I just caution you not to believe everything every book says about parenting. 

Believe: Going Beyond the Stories

They know the story of the Bible, but do they know what it means? Adapted from the ground-breaking new Believe campaign from bestselling author and pastor Randy Frazee, the Believe: Kids’ Edition takes kids on a thematic tour through the Bible and shows them how to think, act, and be more like Jesus.

As children ages 8-12 walk through the three big categories of Christian life—beliefs, practices, and virtues—they’ll begin a journey that will take them closer to the heart of Jesus and deeper into the words of Scripture. They’ll learn what the Bible has to say about everything from the nature of God and the identity of Jesus, to prayer, worship, and the fruit of the Spirit. Foundational and faith-building, this book can be used by individuals or in conjunction with the all-church campaign.

This book can impact every kind of Christian. Even though this is geared more towards children ages 8-12, I believe that it can also be adapted to youth groups also. Children that have been raised in church all their lives need to read this book because stories are just stories, unless you apply the truths behind it.