Comments on: What I Don’t Want My Kids to Believe http://beckythompson.com/what-i-dont-want-my-kids-to-believe/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | BIBLE TEACHER Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:40:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Alayne Fenasci http://beckythompson.com/what-i-dont-want-my-kids-to-believe/#comment-10930 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:40:11 +0000 http://beckythompson.com/?p=5572#comment-10930 You are catching me at the right time with this one! My little girl is so full of love and sincerity that needs to be recognized and pointed out as Christlike. With her express desire to do things that make Jesus happy and help other people, I have noticed that in correcting her, even when she really needs it, I have to be careful to explain in a way that doesn’t make her feel ashamed.

She is at a precious age where she is sorting out the line between being kind and needing to stand up for herself, too, so pointing out her positive attributes and good boundaries will strengthen her and aid her in feeling successful in her efforts. Sometimes what I need most is to know my efforts are seen even if my results are not as perfect as I’d like. I know she feels the same way. This post is exactly the simple advice I needed to sort out something I’ve been unable to even articulate.

Blessings from our home to yours.

]]> By: Taylor-Lynn Louis http://beckythompson.com/what-i-dont-want-my-kids-to-believe/#comment-10914 Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:51:01 +0000 http://beckythompson.com/?p=5572#comment-10914 Whew, needed this today!! Thanks so much for sharing. I, too, am more often guilty of correcting rather than encouraging. I’ve been pretty worn down with it the last couple weeks. Hubs and I have seen breakthrough in a couple areas just by committing to pray for the same thing over each child every morning, but I’m going to have to figure out how to remember to do this, as well. So powerful!!

]]> By: Kate http://beckythompson.com/what-i-dont-want-my-kids-to-believe/#comment-10912 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:50:36 +0000 http://beckythompson.com/?p=5572#comment-10912 I love this and needed to hear it! Discipline is always a challenge and I need to remember the power of my words to my kids. Thank you!

]]> By: Kari Escalante http://beckythompson.com/what-i-dont-want-my-kids-to-believe/#comment-10911 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 03:22:53 +0000 http://beckythompson.com/?p=5572#comment-10911 Yes, I agree with you, that we as mom’s need to be better at choosing our words when we are training our littles…but i also slightly disagree besause the ultimate TRUTH is that WE ARE all bad listeners, greedy and unkind… apart from the Lord. My caution after reading this was that we could be focusing too much on moralism and not on the gospel! Its the gospel that tells us that we aren’t good and that we need a good God to change us to be good. So yes, I agree that we should be choosing our words carefully BUT I also think it is very important to tell our children that they aren’t good but that they NEED JESUS to help change their hearts so they can be good! I’m more scared to train up my littles to think that they are innately good causing them to struggle with the truth that they need a savior than the opposite… just a caution 🙂

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