Everyone loves the discipline and grace the soldier displays, but shutter at the thought of the training that brought him to this beautiful stance and so it is, the job of the parents in habit forming and discipline. The job is often uncomfortable and not well desired, but if done purposefully and methodically, bring about a child that will be a well groomed and equipped man with purpose and meaning.
Yes, sister. I shudder at the thought of some of the things I must do as a parent, but I can clearly see the vital importance of them if I want my children to be successful in the eyes of their Creator. As a friend recently told me, you just have to keep saying and doing the same thing over and over, for years and years, LOL.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it is like that...lol. However, I have been applying some of the things I learn from Charlotte Mason's philosophy and it has been lovely. She says work on forming one habit at a time and patiently watch ones that have already been formed. I will provided a few links for you in the next blog. She was Christian, but we know how to apply what applies to us and leave off the rest, right?
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