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#25: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Style (Part 7)
Owner or Ambassador?Let’s take a look at the third area of distinguishing between the two styles. 3. SUCCESS: what you define success to be.OWNER: These parents tend to be working toward a specific catalog of indicators in the lives of their children that would tell them that they have been successful parents. Things like academic…
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#24: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Style (Part 6)
Owner or Ambassador?We will look at the second area of distinguishing between the two styles. 2. WORK: what you define as the work you have been called to do.OWNER: Owner parents think their job is to turn their children into something. They have a vision of what they want their children to be, and they…
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#23: Lost in the Middle of Your Own Parenting Style (Part 5)
Owner or Ambassador?We will look at the first area of distinguishing between the two styles. 1. IDENTITY: where do you look to find your sense of who you are.OWNER: Owner parents tend to look to get their identity, meaning, purpose, and inner sense of well-being from their children. Their children tend to be saddled with…
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#22: Lost in the Middle of Your Own Parenting Style (Part 4)
Ownership or Ambassadorial? I think for most of us ownership parenting and ambassadorial parenting represent a daily battle that is fought on the turf of our hearts. We are constantly torn between what we want and what God wants. Sometimes we just want our children to behave so our lives could be easier, while at…
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#21: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Story (Part 3)
Owner or Ambassador? This week we ponder on the Ambassador style. The word that the Bible uses for this intermediary position is Ambassador. It really is the perfect word for what God has called parents to be and to do. The only thing an ambassador does, if he’s interested in keeping his job, is to…
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#20: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Story (Part 2)
Owner or Ambassador?Ownership parenting is not overtly selfish, abusive, or destructive; it involves a subtle spirit in thinking and motivation that puts us on a trajectory that leads our parenting far away from God’s design. This shift is subtle because it takes place in little, mundane moments of family life – moments that seem so…
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#19: Lost In The Middle Of Your Own Parenting Story (Part 1)
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from Him. (Psalms 127:3) In the coming some weeks we will be having a series of devotions on Parenting, on the above topic. Intro: The big picture starts with knowing who you are as a parent. I don’t mean your name, address, etc. I mean…
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#18: Helping Our Children Cope With Anxiety And Stress (Tip 7 & 8)
Tip 7 – Keep adult conversations for adults Young children can pick up bits of adult conversations and then worry about situations they do not fully understand. Even if our work situation is dire, or our finances are in a critical state, it is best to discuss them when the children are out of earshot.…
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#17: Helping Our Children Cope With Anxiety And Stress (Tip 5 & 6)
Tip 5 – Think about how you praise Praising our children – for working hard, for making progress, for trying something new, for being a part of a team or for simply taking part in a competition – gives them a healthy sense of achievement and encourages them not to define success by having to…
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#16: Helping Our Children Cope With Anxiety And Stress (Tip 4)
Tip 4 – Help your children to have a healthy view of success and failure We can take the sting out of failure by talking about our own mistakes and showing that life still goes on. Our children’s mistakes are disappointing for them, even painful, but we must not allow failure to equal shame. Also,…
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