Helping Parents Raise Kids of Character
We love having fun as a family so much and feel that is like a cement that binds us together that we look for ways to make ordinary days into memorable occasions as well.
Here are some ideas to get your creative juices flowing:
Continue reading Part 4: Learning to Delight in Your Children- “Family Fun Times”
What do I mean by delighting in?
The Hebrew meaning for delight is: DELIGHT- to be pleased; to satisfy a debt, be acceptable, accomplish, set affection on, approve, enjoy, have favor, like, observe, pardon, take pleasure in
Here’s the dictionary definition: to affect with great pleasure, to please highly. Delight is a more permanent pleasure than joy and not dependent on sudden excitement.
Let me give you some concrete ideas on how to delight in your child:
Continue reading Part 3: Learning to Delight in Your Children: Practical Delighting in Another
Learn to Delight in Your Children as God delights in us.
We are to picture God to our children, as imperfect as we are. The relationship we have- father/son (mother/daughter) is compared to the relationship we have as children of God. Now, that would be scary if you didn’t realize it’s a picture, something to give us guidelines and insight. God knows we are but flesh.
This is something I’ve told parents for years- to learn to delight in their children, but I didn’t learn how powerful it was until my son nailed it down last year as we were talking. I’ll let Nate tell you about it here: (This clip is one of many included on Homeschooling-Educating for Eternity DVD series. This is a 3 hr presentation by Rick, Marilyn, and 6 of our adult kids on the things we did while raising them that they wish to pass on to their children) Continue reading Part 2: Learning to Delight in Your Children- as God Delights in Us