We all do it. That is, those of us blessed by God to have children do. And it is a journey. And there are mile stones along the way. Not the children. We all know they have milestones. Us. The parents. We evolve as parents. As we go along, if we have a listening ear tuned to God we will be tentative to what He wants us to do. We started in pacifier style. That is,we did what it took to keep Michele happy, at least by our definition, and reasonably quiet. Then she started getting loud and "touching stuff". We then progressed to reactive parenting. We followed a philosophy that whereby we "corrected" Michele when ever she "touched stuff" and we aimed for "first time obedience". Then we happen to chance upon (read: God led us to) Michael Pearl. And we learned about "training". He also got us looking at what we were doing. He started the process of changing us. But not in earnest. Then, which is where I am at now, we found (read: God led me to) Lou Priolo. What Mr Pearl started, no, what Christ started, is now happening more. I am currently listing to a parenting seminar that Lou Priolo conducted at some time. Now, it appears that Lou is some sort of councillor. But one with a difference. I you have a problem with your child, he doesn't look firstly at the child. No, the first few sessions are with the parents to see what we are doing and how we go about doing what we do. I have listened to the first of these sermons. I look forward to listening to the rest.
Oh, and I think I have set a record. Two days without a photo. Wow!
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