30 Apr
Parents are instructed by God to “train” their children. The whole process of child discipline is the same process as child training. Discipline and training are so intertwined that you cannot have one without the other.
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from [...]
Filed under: Parenting — Chris Field @ 11:52 am
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28 Oct
I love it when I see something in a completely new light. Mostly we don’t need to see “new” things, but to see the old things the way they really are. When our brains are told to interpret things one way or another we can be effectively brain-washed by that instruction. Somehow we overlook the [...]
Filed under: Parenting — Chris Field @ 9:50 am
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21 Nov
There is no doubt that the heart is the heart of the matter for each of us. This is what the Bible teaches and I have mentioned it elsewhere. The Bible teaches that the responses from the heart dictate the issues of each person’s life. If your heart responds with jealousy to others, for example, [...]
Filed under: Parenting — Chris Field @ 9:18 am
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22 Oct
I recall an occasion about 20 years ago when several grandmothers expressed their disapproval with me after a meeting. They were upset because I had dared to suggest that “foolishness is bound in the heart of a child”. I had said that every cute little baby is a ‘fool’ who needs to be properly trained [...]
Filed under: Parenting — Chris Field @ 11:29 pm
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