tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post1534246286573680893..comments2023-08-27T06:33:12.637-05:00Comments on The Bible in a Year - and Beyond!: Tuesday - April 29 - TiffanyTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-69420605572665633042014-05-07T13:32:50.939-05:002014-05-07T13:32:50.939-05:00Ha ha ha ha... I think a lot of children are mostl...Ha ha ha ha... I think a lot of children are mostly sorry they got caught. The trick is getting them to understand what it is they are actually supposed to be sorry for and why! Some people never learn it, either. :(<br />Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764103317419913495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-49760349956987822032014-05-06T14:09:32.245-05:002014-05-06T14:09:32.245-05:00 Love your comment, Miriam - I feel the same way. ... Love your comment, Miriam - I feel the same way. It WOULD be easier just to tell them what to do, but would it be best?<br /><br />Discipline is tough. I want my children to feel sorry when they misbehave, but sorry for the right reasons. Sometimes I think my 3 year old is just sorry he got caught! Ha!<br />Curly-Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669963575731983192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-71908075473886753802014-04-30T09:54:55.192-05:002014-04-30T09:54:55.192-05:00Also love that last point Tammy mentioned about ma...Also love that last point Tammy mentioned about making our children sorry, not angry.Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764103317419913495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-50111992313548511562014-04-30T09:53:34.158-05:002014-04-30T09:53:34.158-05:00Very good post. I like what you say about honorin...Very good post. I like what you say about honoring parents throughout your life, whereas the obeying part falls to the wayside as you become an adult and are responsible for yourself. I try very hard to remember to teach my children to make good decisions for themselves rather than just obeying me because I said so. I want them to be independent and responsible. Sometimes it would be very nice to just say "Do this" and have them do it just because you said so without questioning it, but as they get older I think we handicap them if we don't teach them to think through the reasons why things are done a certain way or why they are being asked to do them. I have adult cousins (in their 20s and 30s) who cannot make a decision for themselves without asking their parents, and I don't think that is necessarily a good thing. Miriamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764103317419913495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-28372814808847005362014-04-29T13:12:51.631-05:002014-04-29T13:12:51.631-05:00I appreciated Legge's point that the promise o...I appreciated Legge's point that the promise of long life is more of a principle or a proverb - children who obey their (godly) parents will avoid a great deal of sin and danger, or things that may threaten to shorten their life (drugs, alcohol, etc). I hadn't looked at it that way before, but that certainly makes sense.<br /><br />MacArthur says something similar - that children who obey their parents will live and rich, full quality of life, and their lives will not be cut short by some divine discipline.<br /><br />I also liked MacArthur's point about parents - when we discipline our children our goal is to make them sorry, not angry. Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.com