I read this amazing book that had some really good tips that I'd like to share.
I was going to carry on with the peacemaking thread cos it ties in with that, because has been some good advice (and some terrible advice, I'm sorry) given in that one.
But I thought I need to actually explain how peacemaking works and that we need to teach it to our children. Cos that's where it starts, in families.
Say your children are fighting and its driving you up the wall. What to do you do? Why do they fight? Does it ever stop..or do you intervene and make it even worse?
Do you take sides, but then one will always feel like the loser? Or do you ignore it all and go lalallala I can't hear you.
Is the aggressor always wrong or is their provoking behaviours? How can you tell? Do you encourage tattling or make them dependent on you - the parent/guardian to always keep the peace.
I am going to explain some things. Now its a given that as christians, we pray. So this will be on top of prayer that you already ought to be doing. This is going to be faith in action.
I was going to carry on with the peacemaking thread cos it ties in with that, because has been some good advice (and some terrible advice, I'm sorry) given in that one.
But I thought I need to actually explain how peacemaking works and that we need to teach it to our children. Cos that's where it starts, in families.
Say your children are fighting and its driving you up the wall. What to do you do? Why do they fight? Does it ever stop..or do you intervene and make it even worse?
Do you take sides, but then one will always feel like the loser? Or do you ignore it all and go lalallala I can't hear you.
Is the aggressor always wrong or is their provoking behaviours? How can you tell? Do you encourage tattling or make them dependent on you - the parent/guardian to always keep the peace.
I am going to explain some things. Now its a given that as christians, we pray. So this will be on top of prayer that you already ought to be doing. This is going to be faith in action.