Meaningful Conversations With Delicious Beverages
No, if I want my girls to make decisions in confidence without fear, then I would need to model that for them. Living without fear is not something you can tell someone to do. It is something they must watch and learn. It is something they must see played out before them, time and time again. They need a model for this type of behavior.
when my kids were new born, I did not lay the law down on them as we brought them home. No, what I did was love them. We would lay around and coo at each other. I would hold her and kiss her and play together. There is nothing but love and provision.
Having these conversations regularly helps cultivate kids who don't need to fear difficulties.
What I know about myself changes. What my girls know about themselves changes. It should continue to change for all of us too. If it ever becomes set in stone...then you're dead.
Our current culture seems to be moving towards this hands off approach towards family leadership. The problem is that it doesn't work.
Kids will do things that make us furious. We all have that kid in which we are so much alike that they push our buttons like they're playing Beethoven's 5th. Some of this is behavior that needs correction.
This week, AJ and Brandon talk about AJ's interactions with a few different types of parents during the chaos of distance learning before getting into a discussion about the approaches and how they reflect the parents' love for their children.