Discipleship, Consequences, and Toothbrushing
2The concepts in this article can be found in-depth in Jim and Lynne’s latest book, “Discipline That Connects™”. We recently got the following email from a loving, caring parent. We believe others among you might have similar questions, so we thought we’d share! Hope this conversation …
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The New Problem of Entitlement
Researchers tell us that American parents are too child-centered, that making our kids happy is more important to us than teaching them responsibility, and that as a result, kids generally are growing up less prepared to take care of themselves and others than ever before. Lynne and I agree. …
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Be Angry (if you must) But Don’t Sin.
Sometimes parents get too angry. (See last week’s tip about that.) Other times they don’t get angry enough – or at least they don’t stand firm to keep kids growing in responsibility for their own lives. In the name of keeping the peace parents sometimes …
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Managing Kids’ Anger – and Ours
© jeangill | istockphoto.com We parents sometimes get it backwards. Our kid acts up and we get angry. We then tend to justify our anger saying, “I wouldn’t be angry if you didn’t act up.” This means that we’ve let our child be in charge …
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Radio conversation with Julie Nelson and friends!
Daniel here. Yup, THAT Daniel. Jim and Lynne’s firstborn. (-: I’m not a parent. But a friend of mine (who IS a parent) said he listened to the following interview and cried four times. So I listened. It’s powerful. I didn’t cry, but I furiously …
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A mom’s email: The Transforming Power of “Discipline that Connects™”
Dear Jim & Lynne, I have been reading your new book, “Discipline that Connects™” and was blessed by your teaching as I was just driving my kid’s home from my parent’s house and feeling so thankful yet again to have come into contact with …
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