What's the best way to talk to your teenager? Talk to them for the 12 years they're not a teenager. In part one of this series, we'll focus on the groundwork that needs to be laid so that when your child arrives at the pivotal teen years, they won't just listen to you, they'll actively seek your counsel. It all starts by building trust and communicating a genuine message of love all throughout their younger years so that, when real life comes at them hard and fast, you'll be the first person they turn to for guidance and a listening ear. Links mentioned in this episode:The Well Ordered Homeschool Planner Chalk Full of Design - Handcrafted, Educational chalkboards for children! Enjoy screen free learning!
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Ep 22: Force Won't Fix It
Parents are fond of using force. Whether it's yelling or threatening or whatever it might be, we're often convinced that the only way to curb misbehavior is to intimidate or frighten our child into compliance. And while some sort of force may initially be necessary at times to get our point across, it's never capable of truly reforming our children's behavior. Why? Because it's terrible at achieving understanding and our children ultimately need to understand why an action or behavior is right or wrong. So while force, properly applied, may get a child to the place where they're open to instruction, it cannot be the vehicle that delivers it. That must come from us with all the love we can muster. Resources mentioned in this episode:Character Badges: https://thewellorderedhomeschool.com/products/character-badges-laminated-set-ages-5-13
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Ep 21: How Far Are You Willing To Go?
Raising children can be frustrating - terribly frustrating. Often we feel the need to unburden our frustrations on others. "Can you believe they said that?!" or, " Who do they think they are?" or, "You wouldn't believe what I'm going through," and on and on. But we rarely stop to think about the degree to which our actions are responsible for their actions. We don't have to look very far to realize that many of the struggles we see in our children's lives are there as a result of our unwillingness to sacrifice for them. Or more specifically that there's a particular level of sacrifice that we've deemed a road too far. This begs the question - just how far are you willing to go?
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Ep 20: Your Family Needs a Mission
I'm not sure that you would characterize this generation as aimless. It's just that so many of our aims are wrong. Mainly, the one that directs us to serve ourselves exclusively. That's not why we're here. Nor is it why your family is here, together, at this particular time. You and your family have a mission - you just might not know it yet. But that mission needs to be discovered and it needs to be communicated to your children so they can take part. The truth is, children actually like work as long as they can sense the purpose in it. And there's no more purposeful work than the work you engage in, together, for the benefit of others.Links mentioned in this episode:The Well Ordered Homeschool Planner Chalk Full of Design - Handcrafted, Educational chalkboards for children! Enjoy screen free learning!
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Ep. 19: After Mother's Day
This episode is dedicated to mothers and the inestimably valuable sacrifices they make on behalf of their families. We cannot thank you enough for all that you do.
A show about the incredible privilege (and challenge) of raising children and an exploration of the prevailing conditions that exist in our world that either help or hinder it .
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