Motivate Your Child
is a great practical guide. I found
encouragement in the fact that I was doing some things right, ways to better
meet other needs that have been lacking, and the whys of the advice given. This book really stresses that the parents
are the ones that mold and teach the child in everything from relationships, to
rules, to faith in God. Being a parent
is hard work and takes most of our time and our biggest job as parents is to
train our children to do what is right.
Not for what they can get out of it or some sort of reward. They are not animals that need to be treated
to right behavior. No, they are living
souls that have a will of their own and they need to do what is right even if
they don’t want to. I really liked their
chapter titled When Kids Make Mistakes. This
chapter is full of helpful questions to get to the issue at hand: confession
(what is the wrong), getting to the heart of the matter (what really is behind
the defiance), and the third is developing a plan for the next time (giving
them ways to think through the situation and cope). And my favorite part was giving our children
hope that they can do better next time. This
book is very helpful and I recommend it for all parents. I received a copy for an honest review from The Book Club Network, Inc. and
the opinions are my own.
No comments:
Post a Comment