Clear Boundaries create Confident Kids

Proverbs 19:18 NLT
Discipline your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives

Clear Boundaries create Confident Kids

Tackle their tantrum

Proverbs 29:11NIV
Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.

Limit their lying

Seclusion + Quietness + Toddler = Evil

Proverbs 12:22 NIV
The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.

Intervene in their Ignoring

Exodus 20:12 NIV
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Wipe out their Whining

Philippians 2:14-15 NLT
Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.

Proverbs 19:18 NLT
Discipline your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

Who switched out your tiny, compliant infant for a much larger and strongly opinionated toddler! Now you realize the sleepless nights and numerous feedings were a walk in the park compared to what’s coming. You wonder to yourself, “who is this boisterous little person launching a 1 toddler revolution for independence, while leaping from dangerously large structures and gulping down fistfuls of cookies faster than the cookie monster?

A toddler is the most hard-nosed opponent of law and order, and he honestly believes that the universe circles around him. In his cute little way, he is curious and charming and funny and lovable and exciting and selfish and demanding and rebellious and destructive…But don’t fail to establish yourself as the boss during this period. All the years to come will be influenced by the relationship you build during this eighteen-month window.

– Dr. James Dobson

Proverbs 19:18 instructs us to discipline our children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

What is the difference between discipline and punishment? Training.

Training your children is not just giving them consequences for their actions, but is setting clear boundaries for them to live in. Training them with clear boundaries creates confidence in your kids.

How do you create clear boundaries?

Tackle the power 4 today: Tantrums, Lying, Ignoring, and Whining

Tantrums:
Talked about wisdom last week, it’s the application of knowledge tempered by experience: Determine why they are pitching a fit!

– If your child’s tantrum isn’t because they are exhausted, they’ve been run around, or you’ve agitated them to death, then their tantrum is a tool that they are using to test your resolve, find your weak points, and develop a plan of attack!

Lying:
Stop asking “Did you do this?”
Start stating, “I know that you did this.”
Stop setting your child up for failure, confront, discipline, and redirect. Determine the why?

Ignoring:
Parenting is a two person job, do not allow your spouse to be dishonored by your child. Exodus 20:12 instructs us to honor your father and mother.

Whining:
Similar to tantrums, make sure it’s not been caused by something that you are doing. What are the key words and phrases like, “it’s not fair,” “I can’t,” “it’s too hard,” “I’m tired.” Phillippians 2:14-15 Instructs us to do everything without complaining and arguing.

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