Thriving Kids Connection
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Thriving Kids Connection
11M ago
by Guest Author BJ Meurer, one of our trained coaches and seminar presenters
What can you learn about parenting from dandelions?
It’s spring. Which means one thing: Dandelions.
Kids love to pick them, but most of us prefer a dandelion-free lawn.
Many of us just pop the little yellow tops off and move on, and there is some positive effect from that (a better looking lawn, fewer seeds in the future, etc.). But by leaving the roots in place, we have to do the same job again, and if we ever want to get the full plant out by the roots in the future, it will take a lot more work because roots only g ..read more
Thriving Kids Connection
1y ago
by Guest Author BJ Meurer, one of our trained coaches and seminar presenters
Tell me if this sounds at all familiar:
Do you have a child who seems to go from 0 to 60 on the emotions scale in 2 seconds?
Do you find yourself walking on eggshells hoping to just make it through the day without screaming, fighting, arguing, or a meltdown?
Do you even find yourself contributing to the yelling and you’d like to stop but just don’t know how?
If you said yes to any of these questions, then congratulations! You’re a regular family struggling with emotions like so many other families. Anger is a ..read more
Thriving Kids Connection
1y ago
by Guest Author BJ Meurer, one of our trained coaches and seminar presenters
Too Busy for Change
As parents, we tend to get discouraged and frustrated by our kids’ attitudes, bickering, disobedience, arguing, and the constant struggle family life seems to be. We complain to friends, search online for answers, mention our struggles as prayer requests, try a little of this and a little of that, but nothing changes.
We know family life can be better, but we wonder if it is possible for our family or if we just have to struggle through it.
If you’re tired of the struggle, I have good news fo ..read more
Thriving Kids Connection
1y ago
The Bible uses the term “stronghold” to describe a defensive structure. Although viewing God as our stronghold is a good way of looking at the idea, there is also a good picture of a person’s challenges hidden in that word.
A stronghold, as mentioned in 2 Corinthians 10:4 is an internal argument or belief that is controlling the person. Sometimes children develop strongholds of pride, defensiveness, arguing, meanness, dishonesty, or self-defeating thinking. When you see these kinds of deeply rooted problems in a child, it’s time to move to a heart-based approach.
2 Corinthians continues to sug ..read more
Thriving Kids Connection
1y ago
Kids bring their problems to parents. It’s what they do. Kids want solutions and parents have answers. Sometimes this is appropriate. A young child who wants to cut up an apple or a teenager who needs a ride home from an activity should receive help from a parent. When children are young, they need to bring important problems to their parents because they’re not yet mature enough to solve them. But as kids grow older, many problems they bring to their parents represent opportunities to seek solutions by themselves.
Experience is a valuable teacher. It teaches skills such as how to ride a ..read more
Thriving Kids Connection
1y ago
Parenting is hard work. Sometimes the days are long and you feel challenged at every turn. You may feel like you’re making no progress at all and your joy is fading. Hopelessness threatens to fill your heart. How can a parent keep moving forward, providing love, and nurture, and direction when the path ahead looks so ominous? When you’re tired or you’ve solved too many problems already and you’re faced with yet another challenge, having your own clear philosophy of discipline will motivate you to persevere and be consistent. Your calling as a parent will give you the ability to press on no mat ..read more
Thriving Kids Connection
1y ago
Good rules show children what family and societal values look like, how to put them into practice, and why they are relevant. We need rules to draw lines in life so people know what’s expected and how to operate. The lifeguard posts a list of rules to define how to play safely at the neighborhood pool. A teacher discusses rules about how to act respectfully in the classroom. Even children in the neighborhood establish rules for their club by which members must abide.
Family Rules
Every family needs rules. Of course, an overemphasis on rules can hinder or even eliminate a positive atmosphere ar ..read more
Thriving Kids Connection
1y ago
Getting things done around the house and yard is part of every parent’s agenda. We need to deal with food, clothes, cleaning, homework, hygiene, … and the list goes on and on. But is it possible to get jobs done without creating tension and frustration? We say yes, but it may take changing the way you currently operate. Here are three suggestions to improve your children’s responsiveness.
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Suggestion #1: Recognize the Cues You Use to Tell Your Children It’s Time to Obey
The way you interact with your child is often just as i ..read more
Thriving Kids Connection
1y ago
We all want to give good gifts to our children. This blog article, written by Elena Zwetsloot, outlines one of the best gifts we can give. It’s a gift that lasts a lifetime.
3 Reasons Kids Benefit from Memorizing Scripture
“Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates, so that as long as the heavens are abov ..read more
Thriving Kids Connection
2y ago
Written and Submitted by Esme Ng.
What an interesting thought. Deal with anger at Easter time. After all, Jesus died to satisfy the justice, wrath, and holiness of God. And the resurrection is that victory celebration of his success. Esme Ng, our Christian psychologist created a fun activity for her children to raise the awareness level of anger management at Easter time. Here’s what she said.
In our home, we struggle with anger. We all get angry and don’t always respond appropriately. Since my work got me researching anger, I further developed a simple biblical study on anger for Easter to be ..read more