Obedience. Most of our day as parents is trying to get our kids to do stuff. Vast amounts of parental energy is used to gain our children’s compliance. What’s reasonable to ask of our kids? What should we expect?
5:15 - Obedience before the age of reason
12:22 - Modeling virtue in our submission to the will of God
16:36 - The need for guidance and formation
18:02 - Proactive parenting and emotional maturity
30:53 - Managing our expectations
32:38 - What if my child won't obey?
37:46 - Responding to aggression
39:35 - Corporal punishment and fear driven compliance
41:04 - Having conversations and importance of formation
Get off your butt parenting
What makes a child easy to parent? Gordon Neufeld
Hippie Housewife, the rod verses
securing cooperation without sacrificing kindness (blog post)
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