Shepherding a Child's Heart

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Chapter 9
Embracing Biblical Methods: Types of Communication
We often reduce parenting to these three elements: rules,
correction, punishment. It could be pictured like this:
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(^) This is how it works. You give your children the rules. The
correction phase comes into play when they break the rules. In the
punishment phase you announce the consequence they will receive for
breaking the rules. Every family needs its rules, correction, and
punishment, but for many this is the extent of communication.
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must lie beneath and support all you say in providing rules, calling
your children to account and meting out appropriate discipline. The
chart should look like this:
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