Parenting Blessings

We all want our children to love each other, but that does not happen by accident.

If you want your children to love each other, be a good role model!

Parents do this by consistently showing affection to your children and spouse.

Husbands should not be afriad to hug their wives in front of the children and wives need to speak positively about your husbands.

This shows the children how much you love each other.

Husband and wife couch time , 15 minutes per day immediately when husband is back from work before dinner, in front of the children are  a good way to show children about the parents love and also time set aside for spouses to talk.

Parents also need to develop a server’s heart. It is be willing to wait on others.

When someone hurts, we need to be thee with a hug and some quick words of kindness.

When we mess up, we should say sorry and ask for forgiveness- even from our kids.

Of course, we also need to tell our children how much we love them on a regular basis.

This is probably the most important step in creating an atmosphere of affection.

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Most kids will tell you that school starts when the bell rinsg in the morning. But research says it actually starts the night before, when their heads hit the pillow.

You wouldn’t want your child going to school without his homework, would you? Well. allowing him to go without a good night’s sleep isn’t much different. Both are important for a good education.

A recent study shows a direct link between sleep and concentration. When children are tired, they have a higher levels of a hormone called cortisol in their system. This causes increased blood pressure and stress and actually  weakens the child’s ability to think. It also affects the immune system.

In the study, kids who went to  bed before 9 p.m were able to complete tasks much easier and better than children who stayed up later. So, one of the keys to a better education is an earlier bedtime. Even if your child says he is not tired.

Source:  Dr Bill Maier

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Have you ever noticed how some families are just fun to be around ?

They always seem to be laughting and havin a good time. Well, that does not happen by accident.

Good parents understand the importance of creating a happy atmosphere in the hime.

Kids should enjoy being around their parents and siblings and there are some very practical ways you can help make that happen.

Beging by learning to laught at yourself when things go wrong. This teaches your kids not to take themselves too serioudly and shows them that everyone gets a chance to try again.

You should also be willing to try new things. Maybe you can explore an ethnic resturant from time to time and order meals that seem fun and different.

Has everyone use their fingers to eat when you do out for Indian food ? Find ways to make mealtimes fun and engaging.

Or the next time you take family walk, tell everyone to try walking backwards. Which child would not have a blast doing that ?

The key is to look for ways to make life happy and fun for your children. Give them a childhood to remember.

Source: Dr Bill Maier 

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Said the little boy. ” Sometimes I drop my spoon.”

Said the little old man, ” I do that too.”

The little boy whispered, ” I wet my pants.”

” I do that too.” laughed the little old man.

Said the little boy, ” I often cry.”

The old man nodded. ” So do I.”

” But worst of all, ” said the boy, ” it seems

Grown-ups don’t pay attention to me.”

And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.

” I know what you mean.” said the little old man.

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Forgive and Forget-. It is lot easier to day than to do. When our spouses do something to wound us deeply, can we ever truly forgive them ? ANd if we do forgive them, can we ever forget the paint that they have caused us ?

I read an almost unbelievable newspaper article the other day about a married couple both in their late 70s. The wife, who was wheelchair-bound, was charged for badly beating her husband in the head with her bedpen.

And the reason she gave ? She said she has committed adultery in the 1940’s in the earliest years of their marriage. She testified that her husband had constantly taunted her about her indiscretion until some 50 years later, she could take in no longer.

Maybe her husband had told her at one time that he fogave her and that he did not want to leave her, but though he said the words, it is obvious that there was no real forgiveness.

Dr Archibald Hart once said: Forgiveness is giving up my right to hurst you for hurting me. Bible states in John 20: 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you refuse to fogive them. they are unforgiven.  It is only when we have truly given up the right to retaliate, that we have truly forgiven.

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