Comments on: Don’t Slack Off With Younger Children http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/08/01/dont-slack-off-with-younger-children/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:38:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/08/01/dont-slack-off-with-younger-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12431 Mary Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:10:40 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=826#comment-12431 Thanks for the encouragement, Juli, and the poem. It's so true. And I feel I haven't sown nearly what I could have in my youngest...but, God is more than faithful, right? It's never too late. Thanks for the encouragement, Juli, and the poem. It’s so true. And I feel I haven’t sown nearly what I could have in my youngest…but, God is more than faithful, right? It’s never too late.

]]> By: Juli http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/08/01/dont-slack-off-with-younger-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12425 Juli Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:04:49 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=826#comment-12425 Mary...I think we should all do our best to raise our children the way God would want us to. I think one of the most important things to remeber is that our example in how we handle our daily trials will be how we truly teach our children. If we put value on God and his ways, our children will have that seed in them, if we put value on the worlds ways, that is the seed we will plant in our children's hearts. So just do your best to deal with each child's different personalities, and make sure the seeds you sow with your children are the ones you mean to sow. I wrote a poem years ago. Children are the seeds of our nation, much as the sun helps a young seedling to grow and bloom, so does God's words for a young mind. So nourish them and help them grow for you shall reep just what you sow. Hugs. Juli Mary…I think we should all do our best to raise our children the way God would want us to. I think one of the most important things to remeber is that our example in how we handle our daily trials will be how we truly teach our children. If we put value on God and his ways, our children will have that seed in them, if we put value on the worlds ways, that is the seed we will plant in our children’s hearts. So just do your best to deal with each child’s different personalities, and make sure the seeds you sow with your children are the ones you mean to sow. I wrote a poem years ago. Children are the seeds of our nation, much as the sun helps a young seedling to grow and bloom, so does God’s words for a young mind. So nourish them and help them grow for you shall reep just what you sow. Hugs. Juli

]]> By: Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/08/01/dont-slack-off-with-younger-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12404 Mary Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:55:47 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=826#comment-12404 Leticia, thanks for the chuckles, I can just hear Wolfie and feel your pain!!! My little girl acts up at home too, not just in public. In fact, she's a pinch worse at home I think. Yeah, MIn, you're right. As I only know girls...and each of mine has been super different, temperamentally...God's still got a lot to teach me through my little reflections! Aunt Ruth, I don't know as I've heard that story before! And you definitely didn't get the idea to run away from watching movies! ;) Not on a homestead... I know that stubborn streak is definitely part of the problem, but I definitely should have been more involved in training her. She's had the typical spoiling of youngest children, by all of us. Leticia, thanks for the chuckles, I can just hear Wolfie and feel your pain!!! My little girl acts up at home too, not just in public. In fact, she’s a pinch worse at home I think.

Yeah, MIn, you’re right. As I only know girls…and each of mine has been super different, temperamentally…God’s still got a lot to teach me through my little reflections!

Aunt Ruth, I don’t know as I’ve heard that story before! And you definitely didn’t get the idea to run away from watching movies! ;) Not on a homestead… I know that stubborn streak is definitely part of the problem, but I definitely should have been more involved in training her. She’s had the typical spoiling of youngest children, by all of us.

]]> By: Leticia http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/08/01/dont-slack-off-with-younger-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12399 Leticia Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:18:44 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=826#comment-12399 I remember those moments all too well. I don't understand why kids start acting up when in public places. My boys are usually pretty good, but when we enter Wal-Mart, the library or restaurant, my boys turn into hooligans with a vengeance. And don't get me started about Wolfie at the movies, God help me! I began to pinch them and that caused a bigger scene. Wolfie screamed, "OWWWW! DON'T PINCH ME!!" I can't really offer advice, since I am still working on it too. <em>Leticia's last blog post..<a href='http://leticiasworld.blogspot.com/2008/08/cardboard-testimoniestissue-alert.html'>CARDBOARD TESTIMONIES.....TISSUE ALERT</a></em> I remember those moments all too well. I don’t understand why kids start acting up when in public places.

My boys are usually pretty good, but when we enter Wal-Mart, the library or restaurant, my boys turn into hooligans with a vengeance. And don’t get me started about Wolfie at the movies, God help me!

I began to pinch them and that caused a bigger scene. Wolfie screamed, “OWWWW! DON’T PINCH ME!!”

I can’t really offer advice, since I am still working on it too.

Leticia’s last blog post..CARDBOARD TESTIMONIES…..TISSUE ALERT

]]> By: MInTheGap http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/08/01/dont-slack-off-with-younger-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12397 MInTheGap Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:04:40 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=826#comment-12397 The longer that you take to get consistent, the harder it is to get them to behave-- or at least that's what our parenting class taught. The wrinkle is that every child is different-- there's even a difference between the sex of the child! So, I wouldn't "beat yourself up" over it, but take to heart that different children will act in different ways, and their age also has a lot to do with it. <em>MInTheGap's last blog post..<a href='http://www.minthegap.com/2008/08/01/how-long-should-i-be-engaged/'>How Long Should I Be Engaged?</a></em> The longer that you take to get consistent, the harder it is to get them to behave– or at least that’s what our parenting class taught.

The wrinkle is that every child is different– there’s even a difference between the sex of the child!

So, I wouldn’t “beat yourself up” over it, but take to heart that different children will act in different ways, and their age also has a lot to do with it.

MInTheGap’s last blog post..How Long Should I Be Engaged?

]]> By: Parenting http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/08/01/dont-slack-off-with-younger-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12395 Parenting Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:03:21 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=826#comment-12395 Nevertheless it is important to teach responsibility, you don want your youngest child feeling like they can or not knowing how to do anything for himself. <a href="http://kids.morewrite.com/">Parenting</a> <em>Parenting's last blog post..<a href='http://kids.morewrite.com/2008/07/31/language-intervention-how-to-talk-to-a-child/'>Language Intervention, how to talk to a Child</a></em> Nevertheless it is important to teach responsibility, you don want your youngest child feeling like they can or not knowing how to do anything for himself. Parenting

Parenting’s last blog post..Language Intervention, how to talk to a Child

]]> By: Aunt Ruth http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/08/01/dont-slack-off-with-younger-children/comment-page-1/#comment-12393 Aunt Ruth Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:28:19 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=826#comment-12393 ML, I shouldn't take this up on your blog but it sounds like what happened to me when I was three I guess. You'll remember the homestead and for whatever reason I decided to run away. Apparently (I've no memory of this)I'd been thwarted about something and my dad took care of me! as they say. Now consider, I was the oldest of two, your mom and me with a third on his way. So the moral of my tale of woe would be that some of us are born with these outlandish streaks in us and as for your grandmother-a homesteader's wife, pregnant with two toddlers running around how could this be all her fault. Or yours! Everyones dead and gone (70 plus years ago) by now that would remember this so you'll just have to take my word for it. Ha. A. Ruth ML, I shouldn’t take this up on your blog but it sounds like what happened to me when I was three I guess. You’ll remember the homestead and for whatever reason I decided to run away. Apparently (I’ve no memory of this)I’d been thwarted about something and my dad took care of me! as they say. Now consider, I was the oldest of two, your mom and me with a third on his way.

So the moral of my tale of woe would be that some of us are born with these outlandish streaks in us and as for your grandmother-a homesteader’s wife, pregnant with two toddlers running around how could this be all her fault. Or yours! Everyones dead and gone (70 plus years ago) by now that would remember this so you’ll just have to take my word for it. Ha. A. Ruth

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