Teach “Why”
I think a right of passage for life as a parent is when your first child starts to ask “Whyyyyyyyyy?” Or if you are McKenna, “Why ’cause?” For some parents, …
Childwise
Learn all about On Becoming Childwise. Find out what it teaches and how the novel by Garry Ezzo helps parents raise their children in the best way.
It Starts With You
Last week, we talked about the moral precept of teaching what is right, not just what is wrong. I talked about sharing examples with your children when correcting of family …
Teach What is Right, Not Just What is Wrong
If you got to an intersection and you didn’t know the way, but turned North and I said, “Don’t go that way!” and reprimanded you for it, would you know …
Instilling Qualities: Observation
Image source On Becoming Childwise gives some great advice in helping you as a parent decide what to focus on teaching to your children: observe other children, pre-teens, and teenagers. I …
Other People Count
Childwise Principle #6 in On Becoming Childwise is “Other People Count” (page 70). That is pretty straight forward, right? Other people have feelings, other people’s feelings matter, and how we treat others …
Childwise Phase One
As I have been discussing Phase One of parenting on this blog, in the Chronicles Google Group, and in an online bookclub, it has become more and more obvious …
Leadership Phase
Nearly three years ago, I wrote a post on the Four Phases of Parenting found in On Becoming Childwise. At the time, Brayden was barely three and Kaitlyn 15 …