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Daily Insights

Daily Insights are insightful truths about reality that empower us to transform our way of thinking.

They are often challenging, and give us the coaching and courage to behave in a way we might never have thought of. They’re great to dwell on and remind ourselves of throughout the day.

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Trust must come before rebuke

December 8, 2019

Trust must come before rebuke, for no-one can make another do anything, and children discover this early in their lives.

© Copyright D. Riddell, 2012
Book Reference: Parenting Children Insights (PC 18)

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Whose problem is it?

December 7, 2019

Whose problem is it? Don’t own your child’s problem for them. They must experience the consequences of their own faulty choices.

© Copyright D. Riddell, 2012
Book Reference: Parenting Children Insights (PC 17)

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Labelling children

December 6, 2019

Labelling children is the most natural thing in the world. It is also the most destructive as the child grows into the label. How does ‘idiot’ help a child to think more clearly?

© Copyright D. Riddell, 2012
Book Reference: Parenting Children Insights (PC 16)

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Discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm

December 5, 2019

Discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm. Rather enthusiasm is protected by discipline.

© Copyright D. Riddell, 2012
Book Reference: Parenting Children Insights (PC 15)

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Removal from the world

December 4, 2019

Removal from the world does not protect children as effectively as explanation and insight – it is truth that keeps their hearts safe – yet exposure to evil must be well supervised.

© Copyright D. Riddell, 2012
Book Reference: Parenting Children Insights (PC 14)

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