Category: Parenting

A Lesson In Making The Bed

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I make my bed every morning. No big deal.  Takes me less than two minutes to do it correctly. (I timed myself once!)  But today, I did not want to do it.  I don’t know why.  I just threw the blankets across the bed haphazardly and began to walk away…

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Until I remembered the three young lives I’m responsible for today.  And the prayer from morning worship about being a witness for Christ in all our words and actions.  And the expectation that my children to do their best at their morning chores the first time.  I remembered my first work.  It took less than two minutes for me to feel 1000% better about my day.

“Parents, do you ask what your work is? It is to take up your home responsibilities, doing the best you can, and seeking daily, hourly, to set before your children an example worthy of imitation. God’s purpose for your children is that they shall be sanctified through the truth, and to reach this condition, all the help that you and heavenly agencies can supply will be needed. “  The Signs of the Times – Nov. 14, 1911

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Infant Grasping Mother's Finger

“Too much importance cannot be placed upon the early training of children. The lessons learned, the habits formed, during the years of infancy and childhood, have more to do with the formation of the character and the direction of the life than have all the instruction and training of after years.”

The Ministry of Healing, 380

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Praying“Religious instruction means much more than ordinary instruction. It means that you are to pray with your children, teaching them how to approach Jesus and tell Him all their wants. It means that you are to show in your life that Jesus is everything to you, and that His love makes you patient, kind, forbearing, and yet firm in commanding your children after you, as did Abraham.”

The Adventist Home, 317

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Father Kissing Son

” Let the children be patiently and kindly restrained from evil. This restraint, ministered with mercy and tenderness, exercised intelligently, will be a constant school for the children. There are different temperaments in the family, and it is often necessary to let patience have her perfect work. ”

Manuscript Releases Volume 15, pg 44

Inspiration and Helpful Tips for Homeschool Fathers

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We don’t talk enough about homeschooling fathers.  Nor inspire or encourage them enough, especially since most of them must leave the home each day to provide for the family.  Fathers, add these links to your summer reading list, and be reminded of the important role you play in your children’s lives.

“Children neeMan and Child Having fun in the park.d more of their fathers and fathers need more of their children.“The first sentence of Gary Wyatt’s article is so true!  The habits that Wyatt encourages homeschooling fathers to develop are timeless.

It is a challenge for a working father to stay closely involved in homeschooling his children.  The title of Sarah Toney’s article, Involving Dad: Tips for the Working Father focuses on Dad, but her tips also give Mom some work to do.  A great read for both parents.

The late Chris Klicka has left a lasting spiritual legacy in his Top Ten Tips for Homeschool Dads article.  He was a lawyer for the HSLDA at the time of his death, which gives the foundation for his 10th tip.  His tips are ones that Christian homeschooling fathers should read and re-read often.

Homeschooling Fathers: How Dads Can Help Struggling Readers gives 5 ways a father can help his children with reading.  You don’t have to wait until the school year starts to implement these tips – now is a great time to start.

 

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Adult and Daughter (9-10) Holding Hands

“The early years are the time for the training process, not only that the child may become most serviceable and full of grace and truth in this life, but that he may secure the place prepared in the home above for all who are true and obedient. In our own training of children and in the training of the children of others, we have proved that they never love parents and guardians less for restraining them from doing evil.”

The Review and Herald, May 10, 1898.

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“Parents cannot rightly train their children unless they learn how to cooperate with the Lord in his work upon the heart. The first essential in educating your households in the fear of God, is consecration of yourself and your all to God. ”

Christian Education, 231.