Here are four powerful messages that parents can focus on as Biblical goals when discipline challenges hit the fan.
Learning to respond to a child’s meltdown with confident compassion instead of condescension, control, or cowering.
Sending messages of God’s grace and truth to our kids, even in the midst of the struggle.
We may demand their respect, but do we get to the bottom of what’s going on in their heart?
Three “secret ingredients” to maximize even brief efforts at connection: fun and joy, affectionate touch, and noticing details.