Comments on: Home Where the Children are the Boss

By: jacqui

jacqui — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:06:40 +0000

Nodding head as I sit here infront of the computer………again. Oops, where is DH anyway? I think he’s around here somewhere…………

By: HomeGrownKids

HomeGrownKids — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:25:23 +0000

Hi Lisa,
Yep, I so agree. And yes, it is a little easier to focus on one’s marriage once the children are older but for me, that was because I was so consumed with homeschooling. 🙄

Cheers,
Susan

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:22:49 +0000

Hi Susan and Jacqui

I think that there is a real danger with homeschooling to become too child-centred and to end up with ‘brats’.

I hope that I’ve managed to find a good balance with my kids….I think that I have!

I know that I’m not a perfect mother…or wife…or person….I’ll never achieve THAT!!! No-one can.

It’s the little things like not interrupting adult conversations, never doing something for a child that they can do for themselves that will help prevent idolatry……I so can’t relate to the 1st person….

My kids know that I wasn’t put on this earth to be their servant!

In the past I haven’t always struck a good balance between the kids and my dh….I think that over the last year or so I’ve bought balance back into that relantionship.

Easier to focus on your marriage when your kids start getting older!

xx
Lisa

By: HomeGrownKids

HomeGrownKids — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:08:04 +0000

Hi Jacqui,
Lovely to hear from you. I know you’ve been around online but I haven’t. 😉

Yeah, and I think that we learn things at greater depths. KWIM? I learned those basic lessons many years ago, but it was for then, when I was a young wife and mother. Somehow though, I fell into it again and I had to learn the lesson at a different depth- not necessarily *re-learn* it but apply the same principle to a different time, place and season. KWIM?

Love,
Susan

By: jacqui

jacqui — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:20:28 +0000

Oh Susan, we are on the same wave length here 😉 This is exactly what God has been showing me lately. I am reading aSally Clarkson book at the moment and it is really ministering to me because she is talking about a lot of things that I have been pondering on over the past six months.
Quite honestly Susan, I have neglected myself and my poor dear husband in persuit of becoming the “perfect” mother. That doesn’t mean that I am ready to throw in the towell but I need to look at the mistakes that I have (and still am) making and ask God to continue to teach me in this area.
So good to read your thoughts once again. X