Shepherding a Child's Heart

But your methods inevitably instruct the heart—the heart determines behavior. (^) One family I know developed ...

opening illustration was using. She appealed to the child’s fear of being left alone in a strange airport. ...

driven by a life-long desire to please her parents and secure their approbation. Or she may internally distance ...

who can enable a 10-year-old to know how to serve God. (^) I have often wondered why grounding is so uni ...

Maybe they waited too long to start this. They try grounding for a spell. They try a season of emotio ...

they will drift through life, never understanding the internal struggles that lie beneath their most co ...

wrong.” Or, “I have invested an awful lot in your education and you are making me feel that I have ...

deceiving. Perhaps you have seen your upbringing in these illustrations. You may be one of those who s ...

(^) 6. Could you summarize the point of this chapter in a single sentence? (^) (^) ...

Chapter 8 Embracing Biblical Methods: Communication Salesmen get tired of restaurant food. My father understo ...

weave together. One element is rich, full communication. The other is the rod. In the book of Proverbs w ...

(^) My son, give me your heart (^) and let your eyes keep to my ways... (^) (Proverbs 23:26) (^) These ...

Communication is not monologue. It is dialogue. (^) It is not only the ability to talk, but also the ability to ...

(^) Your first objective in correction must not be to tell your children how you feel about what the ...

thankful you even have them. Those sneakers you don’t like cost more than my first car. ...

his peers. This circumstance is bringing out the hopes and fears of his heart. (^) Your communication obje ...

(^) You see, in the Incarnation, God comes to dwell with us in such a way that he can look at t ...

your children. Most parents have had this sort of conversation with their children: (^) Mom: Why did y ...

begin by seeking to understand the nature of the internal conflict that was expressed in hitting his sister. (^) ...

conversational style if you were going to have a conversation like the second example about the new snea ...