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Understand Your Child’s Uniqueness (2)
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Understand Your Child’s Uniqueness (2)
15 MARCH 2016
‘Train up a child in the way he should go.’
Proverbs 22:6 KJV
Raising your child ‘in the way he should go’ means being aware of: 1) Theirinterests. John Ruskin said, ‘Tell me what you like, and I’ll tell you what you are’.
What do your children like? Numbers? Colours? Activities? The greatest gift you
can give them isn’t your riches, but revealing to them their own. 2) Their
relationships. What statement best characterises your child? a) ‘Follow me,
everyone.’ b) ‘I’ll let you know if I need help.’ c) ‘Can we do this together?’ d) ‘Tell
me what to do and I’ll do it.’ Don’t characterise loners as aloof, or crowd-seekers
as arrogant. God designed them that way. What gives your child satisfaction and
makes them say, ‘Yes’? Do they love the journey, or the destination? Do they like
to keep things straight, or straighten things out? What thrills one child bothers
another. 3) Their environment. A cactus thrives under different conditions from a
rosebush. What soil does your child grow in? Some love to be noticed while
others prefer to hide in the crowd. Some do well taking tests, others excel in the
subject but stumble when it comes to exams. Winston Churchill repeatedly failed
tests in school, yet he changed history. We only excel when we’re in the right
environment. 4) Their strengths. At two, Van Cliburn played a song on the piano
as a result of hearing someone teaching in an adjacent room. His mother
noticed, gave him lessons, and the kid from Kilgore, Texas, won the first
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International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. Resist the urge to label
your children before studying them, and ask God to help you understand their
uniqueness.
Bible in a Year: Num 26-28; Mark 8:31-38;
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