4: Aim for Affection with Your Child
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
Release Date: 06/15/2020
17: Gaining Perspective About Our Child's Will
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
In the ordinary stuff of the day, God gives you a peek into the possibilities of your child’s character development. He invites you to participate with him in shaping your child’s will—so that the plans he has for your child might be manifest through the harnessing of the will and the development of its characteristics. Resources for Episode 17 Genesis 2.16-17 Romans 3.23-24 2 Corinthians 3:18 Join me on Instagram Grab a copy of my book
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16: Six Ways to Gain Your Child's Respect
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
We want our child to respect us. God wants to help us cultivate this honoring relationship with our child. Listen in for six ways to gain a child's respect.
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15: Correction - The Hardest Part of Discipline
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
When our kids were toddlers, two questions quickly surfaced: How am I going to respond to disobedience? What’s my goal when I respond? I realized my need to distinguish between punishment and correction. Listen in for how this understanding lifted a huge burden off my shoulders and placed a plan in my heart.
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14: Training Tips to Discipline Your Child
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
God wants us to be dedicated to our child's learning and to train them in ways that point to conduct that pleases him. But training is hard work, and it's easy to become discouraged, exhausted, and frazzled. How we train matters. Listen in for 8 doable training tips!
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13: True Discipline Begins With Loving Instruction
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
Instruction is an opportunity to build up our child and build our relationship. It can also lessen fits, fights, embarrassing moments, and unnecessary correction. Most importantly, it's an essential building block for character development. But how we instruct matters. Listen in for practical suggestions.
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12: A Game Plan for Disciplining our Kids
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
Discipline is one of the hardest parts of parenting, so a game plan is helpful. Listen in for a threefold approach to practice discipline with your kids! Learn how discipline is about relationship—not a formula to follow.
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11: Life-Giving Words When Our Child Disobeys
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
It's hard to speak Life-giving words when a child disobeys or disappoints us by his decision. We might feel justified in the words that are swirling in our head and about to pop out of our mouth. But, it’s essential to remember the power of the tongue—that our words have the power to build up or to tear down. When a child knows we are disappointed or angry, well-chosen Life-giving words can be incredibly impactful. Learn why and get strategies to speak these words in the midst of correction.
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10: Life-Giving Words for Your Child
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
One of the most powerful blessings you can give your child is life-giving words. They express support, high value, and renew your child. Listen in for lots of easy suggestions AND a key way to overcome saying the very things we don’t want to say.
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9: Make the Most of Mealtimes
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
Do you ever feel like you’re going through the motions at mealtimes? Listen in for easy steps and conversation starters to make the most of mealtimes and build stronger relationships within your family. A Mealtime Makeover is possible, no matter what ages your children are. It’s not about the meal; it’s about the time shared around the meal.
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8: Keep Conversation About Jesus Going
Simple Steps - Relying on God as We Raise Our Kids
Keep the conversation about Jesus going with our child through nurturing three relationships. Listen in about an activity that our family practiced from the elementary through the high school years and nurtured all three relationships.
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A second way we can demonstrate love is physical affection. Now, some of us hear that and relax; but for others of us affection is unfamiliar, uncomfortable, or surfaces confusion or pain. I hope my thoughts and suggestions generate hope for the possibilities in your relationship with your child, no matter their age.
Episode 4 Resources
- Episode 3: Make a Face That Counts
- Ephesians 5.1-2 (ESV )
- Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
- Grab a copy of my book, Becoming A Peaceful Mom ~ Through Every Season of Raising Your Child
- Find me on Instagram @teresadglenn
- Read Episode 4 Transcript - teresadglenn.com