{"id":359,"date":"2005-07-14T23:40:34","date_gmt":"2005-07-14T23:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/07\/house_rules.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:49","slug":"house_rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/07\/house_rules.shtml","title":{"rendered":"House Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things with our kids haven’t been going as well as we’d like. My wife, because she spends more time with them, was more acutely aware of it. I frankly hadn’t paid enough attention, to the kids or to her telling me they needed attention. (That’s another post in itself.)
\nMaria’s been reading a book called Smart Discipline<\/em>, by Larry J. Koenig. Among other things (she’s not through the whole book yet), it recommends a list of rules for the house and a progressive scale of discipline for infractions. Having recently read this post<\/a> at tent pegs, we combined the ideas and came up with our ‘House Rules’ (although, after visiting Tent Pegs again, I like ‘Family Code’ better.) We will revisit these occasionally, and the kids will have a say in them each time. (Their suggestions this time were things like “Don’t touch Mommy’s clock.” and “Don’t climb on the furniture.” (We decided those fall under respecting each other.)
\nThey are principals that guide us, but with small children we thought that we needed to break them down, where possible, to some actual ‘rules’ that they could better understand and follow. We hope, though, that by incorporating them under bigger principals, they will be encouraged to think bigger and deeper than mere obedience.
\nOur family fears and serves God.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”<\/p>\n

Joshua 24:15<\/div>\n

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
\nand knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 9:10<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our family is honest and trustworthy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LORD hates every liar, but he is the friend of all who can be trusted.<\/p>\n

Proverbs 12:22<\/div>\n

But you want complete honesty, so teach me true wisdom.<\/p>\n

Psalm 51:6<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Therefore:<\/p>\n