{"id":7054,"date":"2022-05-13T09:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/?p=7054"},"modified":"2022-05-13T09:19:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:19:56","slug":"attitude-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/13\/attitude-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Attitude Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In my current wise mid-life stage, I&#8217;ve begun to realize how often we said <em>no<\/em> to our children, or disciplined them with a spank or gave them time-out. Although helpful, this was NOT the <em>key to their training<\/em>. It was actually <strong>the example we lived daily<\/strong>. I know I read this before, it just didn&#8217;t quite sink in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every single moment seemed <em>sooo<\/em> important to me to teach a lesson\u2026 &#x1f914; <em>I may have taught my kids to death! <\/em>Yet even in that mild insanity they picked up that I took parenting seriously. It was my 24\/7 job and I did not want to fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reality, everything we did was being watched. Our habits imprinted on our children&#8217;s hearts and became like a code. They were gleaning from our repetitive attitudes and actions. We can see it play-out on repeat as they begin to parent their own babies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course there\u2019s plenty of room for their own life experience and natural bent, but David and I see the gist of what we did with them\u2026 from years long ago. Funny and cool and mystifying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Training up a child is so much more about attitude than I imagined. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My attitude toward their dad mattered. His attitude toward me mattered. Our attitude about having all of them close together. How we reacted to the mess and happy chaos that came&#8230; the sometimes lack of funds, old car\/new car, shared rooms, hard work, illness, even death of  loved ones. Our overall attitude made a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why should I be surprised that The Creator of everything Who never wastes anything, didn&#8217;t waste this either! He has used our hearts desire for Him more than any individual teaching. Oh, it just makes me love God more through the whole process &#8211; with each passing year and each new person that comes into our mix. God is good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ForGlorySake!<\/strong> <em>-Anna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_0416.jpg?resize=640%2C661&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7068\" width=\"640\" height=\"661\"\/><figcaption>Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it. Proverbs 22:6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my current wise mid-life stage, I&#8217;ve begun to realize how often we said no to our children, or disciplined them with a spank or gave them time-out. Although helpful, this was NOT the key to their training. 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