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Raising Children Who Make Right Choices
Growing up, I had no experience in dealing with children. I didn't have baby-sitting experience, and I didn't have friends who had little siblings. so when I gave birth to my first child I had a horrible revelation. This child came with no owner's manual. I didn't know what to do.
That realization, along with my desire to be the best Mom possible, started my search for information on how to raise good children. I began reading, and listening to audio tapes, and questioning others who had older children. I found out that having "good children" is not enough to insure a child's success in life. What I found out is I needed to equip my children with the proper foundation that allowed them to grow up making "right" decisions.
My children are now in their 20's, and each is following a path that fits who they are. My oldest daughter, a public school teacher, has taken the principles contained in this book and has used them to produce healthy communities of first and second graders who thrive in thier individual giftings. It works. If you put it to work, it will work for you, too.
That realization, along with my desire to be the best Mom possible, started my search for information on how to raise good children. I began reading, and listening to audio tapes, and questioning others who had older children. I found out that having "good children" is not enough to insure a child's success in life. What I found out is I needed to equip my children with the proper foundation that allowed them to grow up making "right" decisions.
My children are now in their 20's, and each is following a path that fits who they are. My oldest daughter, a public school teacher, has taken the principles contained in this book and has used them to produce healthy communities of first and second graders who thrive in thier individual giftings. It works. If you put it to work, it will work for you, too.
221 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 15, 2012
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February 7, 2013
Disclaimer... I'm the author's husband.
This book is written from experience, and the results prove out that the practical guidelines provided in this book really work. Three grown children, making right decisions, and following their God-given callings.
My oldest daughter (an elementary school teacher) has taken the Christian concepts discussed in this book into the public school system. Her first two weeks with a new class is spent largely on developing a class culture of personal responsibility, with consequences for both "right" and "wrong" behavior. In very short order these young children realize they are responsible for listening to instructions and for choosing their actions. Administrative personnel continually marvel at the resulting order she maintains with first graders, even when they know they've given her "difficult" children to work with.
It works, it works, it works.
This book is written from experience, and the results prove out that the practical guidelines provided in this book really work. Three grown children, making right decisions, and following their God-given callings.
My oldest daughter (an elementary school teacher) has taken the Christian concepts discussed in this book into the public school system. Her first two weeks with a new class is spent largely on developing a class culture of personal responsibility, with consequences for both "right" and "wrong" behavior. In very short order these young children realize they are responsible for listening to instructions and for choosing their actions. Administrative personnel continually marvel at the resulting order she maintains with first graders, even when they know they've given her "difficult" children to work with.
It works, it works, it works.
February 15, 2013
I definitely appreciate the practical aspects that this book has to offer. In an "Anything Goes" world, if we want extraordinary children and to have them grow into extraordinary adults, then the current wave of parenting doesn't line up. This is a hands on approach to instilling a sense of responsibility to children for their actions as they continue to grow- a concept that is largely lacking in our society that is tending to create people of entitlement and people who blame anyone and anything and don't take ownership of their lives and actions.
From a Christian standpoint, this makes sense to me and I've already met with a measure of success in implementing many of these strategies with my three children.
From a Christian standpoint, this makes sense to me and I've already met with a measure of success in implementing many of these strategies with my three children.
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