If you've been following this blog or my Facebook posts, you know I've been reading a new book called Motivate Your Child and serving on their launch team. The book was released this week and I'm so excited to share why I would encourage you all to
My hubby and I first learned about the National Association of Biblical Parenting when we attended a conference last October. We purchased a few other books by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller and have been devouring them at home. You see at that time, we were feeling a bit desperate. Our 4-year-old was putting me through the ringer with his behaviors. You name it, I feel like we were living it. And in spite of finally living out my dream of being a full time at home Momma, I was having some serious doubts about my ability to parent this little guy. In short, he was basically running our family!
A few months and a few books later, our household is much different. There is a more peace, far fewer behaviors and huge growth and changes in our little guy. That's when I heard about the new book and the opportunity to serve on the launch team. I jumped at the opportunity to share these strategies with other parents who might feel as though I did.
Here are my thoughts on Motivate Your Child:
Part 1 - Moral Development in Children:
This section focuses on helping your child recognize and respond to both external and internal motivations, as well as strategies for helping them to become more independent in doing what needs to be done in family life.
Part 2 - Spiritual Development in Children:
This sections focuses on the importance of developing your child's spiritual relationship with God through weekly family time, relationships building as well as living your faith out in front of your children.
There were so many useful nuggets for my family that I would likely produce a whole new book. I'll spare you that. Some notable changes within our family since reading this book are:
Here are the links to my other posts on this book that provide some pretty cool illustrations of the change in my little guy! I'm so proud of the growth in him, and in our family in general.
Only a few pages in and this book is awesome!
A parenting Win! My Son took the Initiative!
On a final note, there is still time to take advantage of the awesome freebies being given away when you order Motivate Your Child before 1/31.
And make sure you check out the Facebook Party tomorrow 1/29 from 9:00-11:00 EST. You'll be able to ask questions directly to the books authors as well as be entered into more cool prizes. Click on the party details to RSVP.
My hubby and I first learned about the National Association of Biblical Parenting when we attended a conference last October. We purchased a few other books by Dr. Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller and have been devouring them at home. You see at that time, we were feeling a bit desperate. Our 4-year-old was putting me through the ringer with his behaviors. You name it, I feel like we were living it. And in spite of finally living out my dream of being a full time at home Momma, I was having some serious doubts about my ability to parent this little guy. In short, he was basically running our family!
A few months and a few books later, our household is much different. There is a more peace, far fewer behaviors and huge growth and changes in our little guy. That's when I heard about the new book and the opportunity to serve on the launch team. I jumped at the opportunity to share these strategies with other parents who might feel as though I did.
Here are my thoughts on Motivate Your Child:
Part 1 - Moral Development in Children:
This section focuses on helping your child recognize and respond to both external and internal motivations, as well as strategies for helping them to become more independent in doing what needs to be done in family life.
Part 2 - Spiritual Development in Children:
This sections focuses on the importance of developing your child's spiritual relationship with God through weekly family time, relationships building as well as living your faith out in front of your children.
There were so many useful nuggets for my family that I would likely produce a whole new book. I'll spare you that. Some notable changes within our family since reading this book are:
- Our 4-year-old now feeds the dog both morning and night with very few reminders. If he forgets, we prompt him to check his room to make sure all morning responsibilities are done (am feeding) or stand near the sign posted in the living room (pm feeding). We have only had to do that a handful to times.
- The words initiative, responsibility and honor are currently used daily in conversations as we identify behaviors driven by them in our son. He has a great love of language and so we have had some pretty awesome conversations about what these words mean and why they are important.
- All this conversations has lead to some pretty awesome discussions about God and Jesus. And that's sent us back into my son's Bible. I love that specific stories are always referenced with where to find them in the Bible. It gives me an opportunity to directly connect what I'm learning back to the Bible in context, as well as an opportunity to find the passage in my son's Bible to further our conversations.
Here are the links to my other posts on this book that provide some pretty cool illustrations of the change in my little guy! I'm so proud of the growth in him, and in our family in general.
Only a few pages in and this book is awesome!
A parenting Win! My Son took the Initiative!
On a final note, there is still time to take advantage of the awesome freebies being given away when you order Motivate Your Child before 1/31.
And make sure you check out the Facebook Party tomorrow 1/29 from 9:00-11:00 EST. You'll be able to ask questions directly to the books authors as well as be entered into more cool prizes. Click on the party details to RSVP.
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