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If you haven't picked up a copy of Preschool Wise then I highly recommend it! I've been reading through it lately and have come across so many wonderful, practical, and useful tools. I recently wrote this post about a simple technique for teaching your children self-control. Today I'm exploring another section from Chapter 9 in Preschool Wise. We ALL have had it happen. We're in a rush. Trying to leave for church, school, or some other activity and our kids take forever . They suddenly turn into sloths who move so sllllowlllly that we toss up our hands in frustration and assume we're doomed to be late anytime we go anywhere. There is hope! There is a solution! And y'all, it's SIMPLE. Preschool wise refers to this as three candy speed but I didn't personally have any candy laying around when I did it with my kids so we call it three treat speed instead. (from page 177) "This is a way to how your child what accelerated movement is. Sure...
We live in a "give me what I want and give it to me NOW" sort of culture. We expect instant results. Instant gratification. We don't want to wait for anything and feel entitled to everything our hearts desire. I don't know about you, but one of my goals as a parent is to raise children who are the polar opposite of this current cultural trend. I want my children to be patient. To work hard for what they want in life. To respect others and themselves. Self-control is a crucial skill. It is not something we are born with the ability to do. We have to work at it and it takes a conscious effort, even as an adult. Self-control is actually something I'm personally striving to do better with in my own life. Having the self-control to say "no" to that snack I'm craving. The self-control to put down the phone and stop scrolling. The self-control to set aside the time each day to study God's Word. So many of our personal goals relate back to the a...
Everyone knows how much I LOVE Babywise. Sometimes I get hated on for following a book for my parenting methods. But ya know what? I follow a book for how to live my life (The Bible!) so why not have a guide for how to raise my children? As a wise friend once said...haters are gonna hate ;) There is a -wise book for EVERY stage of parenting. Brittlynn is currently in Babywise II and Kye is in Preschool Wise (you can order your own copy here !). I have just started reading it (usually I like to read the book before my child reaches that stage so I can be prepared...but I've been slacking!) and am LOVING it. So much of it deals with the conscious and moral training, which is so vital at this age. Self-control is also an important skill to master. I'm stealing from the book here (page 38): Timely gratification training leads to greater self-control in children, which then leads to longer attention spans and an advanced aptitude for academic and moral learning. The key ter...
