When My Kids Don’t Obey
I’m happy to be able to say that my kids, more often than not, obey Edric and me. However, there are occasions when they don’t….
Tag: Obedience
Obedience and Discipline
As our children move up in their ages, training them in obedience doesn’t stop. Disciplining for disobedience, however, may evolve into different forms. When our…
Housing 12 Kids
Over the past two weeks, we have temporarily adopted my siblings’ children. My brother lost his brother in law to a tragic accident so he…
Bible, Character, family, Home, motherhood, Obedience, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Thoughts
Sweet Beedie Dies
What a sad morning. Beedie, one of Edan’s cockatiels, died at about 10 AM. We were all pretty devastated. But Edan was especially despondent. When…
Bible, Character, family, Father, God, motherhood, Obedience, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Relationships
Correcting Children With Love
Titus, my third son, was reacting to having to eat Adobo for lunch a few days ago. It was reported to me that he had…
Bible, Character, Christianity, Discipline, family, Father, motherhood, Obedience, Parenting, Thoughts
Do Not Aim For External Obedience
My fourth child is Tiana. She is a charming 3 year old and she knows it. Tiana will flutter her eyelashes, twinkle those big brown…
Climate-maker
While watching a humorous video of my nephew, Kaden, doing his rendition of Gru’s minions, I had a moment’s epiphany about a wife’s unique capacity…
Balloons and Marriage
Just when I think I have gotten submission to Edric, I end up making some sort of silly compromise in this area that gets me…
Bible, Character Building, Christianity, Discipline, Father, God, motherhood, Obedience, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Relationships, Thoughts
When They Don’t Get Their Candy
From time to time parents ask me how to discipline a child who is misbehaving. They want to know if spanking is the solution. Some…
Bible, Character Building, Christianity, Discipline, family, Homeschool, Obedience, Parenting, Raising Boys, Raising Girls, Relationships
Food Fight
During lunch, our boys had an “incident.” After Edric and I had excused ourselves from the table, we left the two younger boys to finish…
“No”
Titus, who has a special attachment to marbles, wanted to bring some from our house to my parents’ place. When he asked me if he…
The Canned Goods of Disobedience
On our way to church to help out with relief efforts for flood victims, I asked my husband, Edric, if we could buy canned goods…
