Tag Archives: discipline

The Importance of Making Good Decisions

Posted on December 15, 2015 by familyencouragement

I was sitting in the stands behind the backstop watching my sons at baseball practice one Saturday morning and couldn’t help but notice a sad scene play out before me. There wasn’t much practice going on because the coach was … Continue reading →

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Parenting that Leaves a Positive Influence

Posted on May 6, 2014 by familyencouragement

When I was a Youth Pastor in Virginia in the early 80’s I had two sharp young men in our ministry.   They were respectful, attentive, interested in spiritual matters, and were balanced in both academics and sports.   I was intrigued … Continue reading →

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Best Friends are Honest

Posted on March 15, 2014 by familyencouragement

Once I was complaining about an issue and when I finally finished my diatribe a close friend made a quiet, but convicting comment to me.   He said, “Rick, that’s not like you to be cynical”.    While I didn’t enjoy the … Continue reading →

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Severe Discipline Produces Angry Children

Posted on October 10, 2013 by familyencouragement

I coached Little League baseball for over twenty years and enjoyed it very much.    For me, it was about much more than just winning games, but influencing young people.   Every week I produced a newsletter for them and at … Continue reading →

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Unreasonable Expectations Produce Angry Children

Posted on October 5, 2013 by familyencouragement

We aren’t left clueless as to how to train our children.  It’s not left to guesswork or trying out several approaches until we latch on to something that works.    The best manual on parenting is the Bible, written by the … Continue reading →

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Raising an Angry Child

Posted on October 3, 2013 by familyencouragement

I coached Little League baseball for over twenty years and I have had many angry children on my teams.    It was more than rebellion, but a deep, abiding, residual, boiling anger.   The first time I met them they were angry.   … Continue reading →

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Love Involves Thinking

Posted on August 9, 2013 by familyencouragement

I have always felt deeply and loved deeply.    Loving is the greatest joy and the greatest sorrow, both at the same time.   Those that love deeply hurt deeply when those whom they care about are going through sorrow and pain.   … Continue reading →

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Training Your Children

Posted on April 4, 2013 by familyencouragement

Parenting is a lot of work.   It is not the responsibility of the church, the government or the school to raise our kids.   We can delegate portions of our tasks, but we cannot delegate the responsibility of it to anyone. … Continue reading →

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Six Keys to Effective Discipline of Children

Posted on April 1, 2013 by familyencouragement

One of the reasons that discipline is not effective is that we tend to pattern the way we discipline our children after the way we were (or were not) disciplined by our parents. For example, if your parents provided balanced … Continue reading →

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Three Reasons to Discipline Your Children

Posted on March 30, 2013 by familyencouragement

I have learned that motivation is necessary to accomplish a worthy goal.   So, in my teaching and preaching one of the areas I always include has to do with why we should or should not do things.   To simply exhort … Continue reading →

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