Pastor set out some basic rules to disciplining children and encouraged us to set down and find ways to incorporate those rules as well as add some other good things to them if we wanted to. Here is what I came up with for our family.
Obedience:
1.
Call the child to you. (gain a smile, a good
way to do that is smile at them.)
2.
Look them in the eyes to gain their
attention.
3.
Give them the instruction.
4.
Ask them to repeat the instruction to you.
ex.
Johnny, what did I ask you to do?
They
should then say:
Yes
Ma'am or Sir and
walk (or
trot)
quickly to obey!
Spankings:
(reasons for spanking are direct disobedience
and deception.)
5.
If they do not obey right away then send them to the spanking
area
and spend some time in prayer before you administer the
corrective
measure.
6.
Ask the child what is was he did not do or did wrong.
7.
Administer the corrective measure.
8.
Bring up a Bible verse to hide in the child's heart!
9. Spend some time loving on your child. Hugs and kisses and
expressing your heart to them about how you would like to see
them in a pleasant future with word pictures. ex. Susie, I look
forward to the day when you are obeying because you want to
obey Jesus and your Momma and Daddy because they love you
and want the best for you.
I decided to write mine out so that I would remember to go by them and not revert to my old way or just discipline in anger. Because of my health condition I often forget. We should never discipline in anger but rather with a broken heart for our children. If we remember this our children will remember their childhood more fondly and learn from their disobedience and falsehoods. If this has helped you I would love to hear about it in the comment section.
