Recently I spoke at our church and shared some Biblical principles for parental discipline. The talk was mostly based on scripture, but also was laced with some great, practical insight shared by Ted Tripp in his book Shepherding a Child’s Heart.
The true motive for discipline is to keep our kids in a ‘circle of blessing’. This metaphorical circle has a boundary established by our child’s obedience and honor. However, as parents, it is our responsibility to correct the child when they get out of the circle and hopefully bring them back inside.
To see the message, and many others from our church, you can click here. The message on Parenting is entitled Carnival Week 3.
Watched most of it. I will finish it when I get some more free time.
I really appreciated the topic of not forgetting the heart and emotions while trying to change behavior. I also appreciated not disciplining for childlike behavior as in giving a kid a rag to clean up something instead of yelling at them for the actual spilling.
Thanks for the link.