Character-Moral, Parenting |
How do we teach our children to love others, to be others aware, to treat others as precious. All these phrases probably roll off your tongue as easily as they roll off mine – this idea of our children putting others first, treating others with respect and even...
Character-Moral, Family, Homeschool |
Character training is a part of giving our children the skills they need to live a relational and intentional life. I define character as the quality of our responses to people and circumstances. Character is what we call the actions we take based on our values. I...
Character-Moral, Family |
Character Education – intentionally teaching our children about character has been such an integral part of raising our children. How do you define Character? My definitions are: Character choices are the actions that reflect our value system. Character is...
Character-Moral, Family, Homeschool |
One of the buzz words in our culture today – especially in education – is “Growth Mindset”. As with any idea that we latch onto we need to first consider how it lines up with God’s word. My basic understanding of a ‘growth mindset’ is that when you have...
Character-Moral, Parenting |
Following instructions is an important life skill for kids – it starts with a toddler being able to stop for their own safety, and continues through life to doing what your parents need you to do, or your teacher, or sports coach, or boss. And then there is obeying...
Character-Moral, Family |
There is more than one way to Teach a Character Trait The longer I am a parent and I see the variety in my children’s personalities, weaknesses and strengths I am more and more aware that there is more than one way to do things. There is more than one way to teach, to...
Character-Moral, Family, Homeschool |
These days it seems as if many children have difficulties or differences, challenges or disabilities. Some of them are considered hidden (like in our Daniel) because the children seem to have a reasonable degree of functioning but some are very obvious. Even...