WORDS OF PRAISE

1. Looking Out For Opportunities
Steve Chalke, author of “How to Succeed as a Parent”, writes – “The golden rule is this: catch your kids red-handed doing something right and praise them for it.”

A primary school teacher said praise is the only sustainable strategy for managing behaviour and encouraging hard work in a class of thirty students.

In a family with more than one child, praising the child who is behaving well, rather than telling off the one who is misbehaving, is a powerful means of encouraging good behaviour, particularly if the mis-behaviour might be attention-seeking.

Carefully chosen words of praise do much to build the relationship between parent and child. It is worth considering whether we are praising our children equally. When one child gets more praise than the other, it is very hurtful.

Q. Think of three characteristics or attributes in each of your children that you would like to praise this week (even towards children who have grown into adults and flown out of your nest).

PRAYER: Lord, help us as parents to be wise and quick while offering Words of Praise to our children. In Jesus’ name. Amen.