Ways children make us proud

There is one thing better than catching your own children doing something right, and that is someone else catching them and telling you about it! It seems so easy for us to notice every wrong thing and scold them for it. We have all read lots about praising their every good effort, so they can see that we are pleased with them as well.

So, Sunday afternoon Luke tells Dawn that he helped Miss Eva clean up the room after Sunday School. Dawn asked him if Miss Eva asked him to help, and he said that she did not ask, he just wanted to help. Today I was talking to Eva and she tells me how helpful Luke was after Sunday School. Well, I probably do not have to tell you that I was more than proud.

Dawn has recently been going through a book with the kids called Getting Rid of the Whining and Complaining in You and Your Kids. It is really about honoring each other in the family and others as well. It was a perfect chance for Dawn to reinforce how pleased she was with him for honoring another.

How else can we show honor for the people in our families? We can do things like make a bed or leave a note anonymously. How about telling the whole family how proud we are of one of them? Do not forget to do that for each one along the way. Leave a comment of ways you have been honored or how you have honored another, so we can all do better.

Next time I want to share a list of TEN COMMANDMENTS for parents.

Blessings
Bryan