The Beginning of Wisdom
October 2, 2014
October 2, 2014
But every bloom cultivated in an orderly garden grows as a wildflower somewhere. Children’s untamed and sometimes frustrating personality traits are no different. Before you work to uproot them, consider whether behind that annoying trait is a strength waiting to be trained up. So often, the quality that manifests as a child’s greatest weakness holds the potential to be his greatest strength.
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This is a good one, thanks for sharing Natalie! It seems that God gives us children who are different from us so that he can help us grow. Maybe these different personalities will give us ( as moms) a deeper appreciation for all the different personalities in the world??? I’ve been thinking that I’d love to live my life backwards, taking the wisdom of a 90-year-old and applying it to this season of raising my teen all the way down to the baby.
I definitely need to read this! I have one who is talkative, bossy, energetic, sensitive, AND imaginative.
Hi Natalie,
Thanks for sharing. Just wondering what about kids who repeatedly annoy siblings and tell words that are not nice, inspite of consistently telling them not to?
When you figure out how to make them stop – let me know. I’ve got four that are at each other’s throats every. single. day. In 12 different relational combinations. Maybe a fast-forward-20-years-button? Awwww. That’s no good either. Sigh.