Self-Discipline... They Are Watching

"...if I do not acquire self-discipline in my own life, how will my children acquire it? They watch me. They learn from me. They are guided by me."

- A quote from My Word of the Year: Discipline by Sarah Mae on her blog Like a Warm Cup of Coffee

In The Eyes of Children

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.  In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall."

- Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

Enjoy Your Child... Today

"We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today."

- Stacia Tauscher

The Importance Of Children Being Obedient

"The below excerpt from Charlotte Mason has spurred me on greatly…

“The mother’s great stronghold is in the habit of obedience. If she begin by requiring that her children always obey her, why, they will always do so as a matter of course; but let them once get the thin end of the wedge in, let them discover that they can do otherwise than obey, and a woeful struggle begins, which commonly ends in the children doing that which is right in their own eyes."

- Sarah Mae quoted this statment in her post My Primary Focus Right Now - Obedience From My Babes on her blog Like a Warm Cup of Coffee

Allowing Our Children To Be Who God Made Them To Be

"Why do I want my child to be like everyone else? Why am I so uncomfortable with imperfection? And comfortable with conformity?

At the same time, I want her to be herself. As she grows, to stand firm in truth, to withstand the strong current of worldliness that will fight to whisk her away.

One day, I will marvel at her strength and will when she makes a good decision and leads rather than follows.

How can I want both?

God forgive me for wanting to squeeze her into a box. She doesn't fit. Help me to embrace her strong will as a strength, not a weakness.

You created her in your image.

And she is mine."

- An excerpt from Embracing the Strong-Will of My Child by Kristen on her blog We Are THAT Family