Disciplining Your Kids with Love and Limits, Parts 3

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August 20, 2019

Disciplining Your Kids with Love and Limits, Parts 3

John and Danny discuss the importance of pre-teaching and sometimes just backing off for the moment when a child explodes with anger.

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It’s important to keep your emotions out of it when disciplining a child you’ve had to tell the same thing repeatedly. John and Danny discuss the importance of pre-teaching and sometimes just backing off for the moment when a child explodes with anger.

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Ellen Schuknecht loves supporting Christian parents as they educate and disciple their children. As the Family Ministry Director for NAUMS (National Association of University-Model® Schools), she works with association schools across the nation, helping them set up effective training and support for parents. She continues to be employed at Veritas Academy where she is a founding trustee.Ellen has been married to her husband Glen for 48 years. They enjoy an active life living nearby their adult children and grandchildren, who range in age from 8 to 17. Together they authored A Spiritual Heritage: Connecting Kids and Grandkids to God and Family. Ellen and her oldest daughter Erin MacPherson, co-authored Free to Parent as well as Put the Disciple into Discipline. Mostly recently Ellen authored Every Parent’s Calling: to educate and disciple your child.

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