Thanks for the fun discussion last night. I'm looking forward to talking more about Chapter 6 in a couple weeks. There is some provoking stuff in the rest of the chapter. If you haven't had a chance to read through it, I recommend it.
As a way to get our thoughts moving before the next time we meet....
There are some thoughts in the chapter about family, and what we desire for our children. Here is the question I would love to see your response to:
What makes a "succesful" family?
As a way to get our thoughts moving before the next time we meet....
There are some thoughts in the chapter about family, and what we desire for our children. Here is the question I would love to see your response to:
What makes a "succesful" family?
Good question. We can learn from each other and build up our families. I feel we have a successful family based on a genuine love and respect for each other. Being Christ centered is also very helpful. We are mindful of striking a balance between family time and individual times. By family time I am referring to father/daughter, mom/daughter, father/mom and all three of us together time. We apply family/individual to our activities, chores, even finances.
ReplyDeleteWe are also flexible verses rigid, and I think that is a key to being successful. Depending on the topic we often vote on things (what movie we’ll watch, where we’ll have dinner, what ice cream we get) each person has a voice and gets to be heard. I think that is important. We also take turns picking things the family will do together. For example, on vacation we each get to plan one day’s activity.
We also have family routines and I think that helps ground our family. For example, each morning we take turns picking a bible verse out of the jar on the kitchen table and that becomes our focus for the day, each evening we eat together, on Sunday’s we go to the 11:00 service and then out to lunch, Sam and I read the bible together each day. All of these things don’t just happen ~ you have to be purposeful in creating a successful family.
I love your thoughts Dinner Queen. When I answered the question is was all end results and focused on my kids. (My kids will be kind, hard working, good husbands.) It is good for me to remember the successful process and put less 'expectation' on the end result. Maybe...
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