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2/26/2018 February 26, 2018
 DO THIS // MEAL TIME Q & A for kids: What is the most valuable thing you own? How do you treat it? Q & A for parents: What is the kindest thing anyone has ever done for you?
 RULES OR RELATIONSHIP: A SIMPLE MAXIM FOR PARENTS By Carey Nieuwhof My guess is that in your house—like my house—there’s a constant tension between rules and relationships. Your nine-year-old is supposed to help wash the car, but instead decides that riding his bike is a far more important to the functioning of the universe than cleaning your dirty minivan. How do you respond? On the one hand, you need . . . rules—boundaries, guidelines, and limits that make life work and shape character. On the other hand, you need . . . relationships—love for each other, respect, and even some basic kindness. But rules and relationships always seem to be in tension with each other, don’t they? Clamp down too hard on the rules, and the relationship suffers. Or work hard on relationship and the temptation is to slack off on the rules. Here’s a maxim that I think can help those of us who struggle with this tension: Never ruin a relationship over a rule. Never ruin a rule over a relationship . . . CONTINUE READING ON THE PARENT CUE BLOG For blog posts and parenting resources, visit www.ParentCue.org  2/19/2018 February 19, 2018
 DO THIS // DRIVE TIME Share the kindness! Have each person in the car take turns talking about how another person in the car showed them kindness that week or month. Expand even further and talk about what your kid might have seen someone at school do that showed kindness to another person. Encourage one another to spread kindness wherever they are!
 FIVE PRINCIPLES OF PARENTING from Parenting Beyond Your Capacity by Carey Nieuwhof and Reggie Joiner Here’s a few things we know will always be true about you as a parent: You will get tired. You will struggle with what you should do in a number of situations. Your kids will not always behave exactly the way you want. You will stay awake sometimes, worrying about them. You will wonder, more than you should, if you’re a good parent. But we think there are five principles that will help you as a parent navigate through a variety of different seasons. And that if you begin to instill them into your parenting, your relationship with your children, and with the other people they need in their lives, will move in a better direction to parent beyond your own capacity. We want to encourage you to establish a lifestyle as a parent where you widen the circle, imagine the end, fight for the heart, create a rhythm, and make it personal . . . CONTINUE READING ON THE PARENT CUE BLOG  2/12/2018 February 12, 2018
 DO THIS: BED TIME What is something kind you did for someone in your family or a friend? Was it easy or difficult? We all know that we should be kind to the people we’re close to, but that can sometimes be hard to do! Think about Ruth. When things got tough she chose to treat Naomi with kindness. Pray, that instead of getting frustrated with your family or friends, you will all choose kindness. REMEMBER THIS: “Do to others as you want them to do to you.” Luke 6:31, NIrV LIFE APP: KINDNESS – Showing others they are valuable by how you treat them From Parent Cue:  MAKE IT PERSONAL By Kristen Ivy I love my kids. If I’m really honest, there’s something inside me that wants them to know how much I love them. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because I know how significant love is in the life of a child and I just hope they know—really know—how much they are loved, but they don’t. How could they? They’re kids. They might never understand or appreciate the way I love them. That’s okay. A kid doesn’t have to understand or appreciate a parent’s love in order to be affected by it. So, what if the best thing we can do for our kids is not to get them to understand how much we love them, but to prove to them that we love them enough. What does enough mean? Maybe, in their world, it’s as simple as SHOWING UP . . . CONTINUE READING ON THE PARENT CUE BLOG  2/5/2018 February 5, 2018
 DO THIS: MORNING TIME Write this on your child's mirror or in their lunchbox for them to see first thing! "God will love us forever, just like my love for you." REMEMBER THIS:“Do to other as you want them to do to you.” Luke 6:31, NIrV LIFE APP: KINDNESS – Showing others they are valuable by how you treat them From Parent Cue:  RAISING A KIND PERSONBy Reggie Joiner So how kind have your kids been lately? That is one of your goals as a parent right? Along with a good education, health, financial autonomy, and faith in God, you hope your kids will be nice, at least some of the time. That’s because most of us believe life in general just works better when everyone is treating each other kindly. Actually being kind, like other positive character qualities, makes you not only happy, but it also makes you healthy. According to one scientist, David Hamilton, kindness changes the brain, impacts the heart and immune system, and may even be an antidote to depression. But there is one big reason you should remind your kid’s to be kind . . . God! The idea that we are made in the image of God should be a compelling reason to teach kids they should be kind . . . CONTINUE READING ON THE PARENT CUE BLOG For blog posts and parenting resources, visit www.parentcue.org/www.ParentCue.org  |
