Giving practical tips and encouragement to mommies of girls
A Game PlanMarch 2015
- Follow God’s parenting example. Pray much.
- Clearly state reachable expectations and reasonable consequences.
- Make sure your child takes you at your word by always attempting to tell the truth and keep your promises of consequences (both positive and negative.)
- Be approachable. Forgive and allow every day to be a new day. Forgiveness does not necessarily mean that the consequences should be removed. But, on some rare occasions, that should be a possibility.
- Work through any personal issues of low self–esteem, get right with God through genuine pray and asking for forgiveness.
- Love your child unconditionally.
- Daily demonstrate this by allowing your child to see you stop what you are doing, in the middle of your activity, to pay attention to your child.
- Use the technique PICNIC to work on one behavior at a time with your child. Start small and build up to the more difficult behavior. As you and your child gain victory on one behavior at a time, the success will add to your momentum in the victory.
- Remember that God is the one to give us the victory.
- Every time you feel you have failed, get up and try again. Never, ever, ever give up.