Family Life

Hubby and I are reading a very thought provoking book, it is not just another parenting book, in fact if applied it has potential to change our family, children and marriage. A dear friend recommended the book on several occassions and shared how through application it has made some positive differences in their family, so we decided to read it. We are only half way through and are already enjoying fruits of applying some basic concepts. The chapter that we just finished was about putting your marriage before the child-rearing, kinda new to us, we (especially me) tend to be a very child centered family. The book takes things back to before all of the electronics and all; when grandma or great grandma raised their children. Children were taught responsibilty and manners before anything else. Now days I know children that are too occupied with electronics, sports and such to learn true responsiblity and manners; they are in too big of a rush to get to the next planned activity. It just really made me think about how little time we spend making our children be responsible for chores and even bedroom upkeep. There are now harder consequenses for not doing the chores or not cleaning up after self or not being polite, it's already changing things! CRAZY! And...the consequence does NOT have to match the unwanted behavior. The better/ harder the consequence the more it will leave an impression upon child's smart brain and sweet heart =o)