While in the home of a friend, she started sharing how her children had seemed to be losing their hearing and were requiring several commands before obeying. Having been through a character class with me, she was confused because her children knew the definition of obedience: doing what you are told, when you are told and with a good (she used joyful, I like that) attitude. Why weren’t they doing what they knew to do? Two things stuck out to me. First, there seemed to be thinking that if they could rattle off the words, they understood the meaning. So I encouraged her to role play the definition. Even while I was there she practiced with the children and had them tell her how she didn’t obey when they had her put a toy away. They laughed, but at times struggled to discern what wasn’t done. Then she had them practice not obeying in one of the three areas in the definition. Again they had fun while cementing the action with the words. The second area needing to be addressed was the need for repetition. If we think of a basketball coach, he never stops practicing skills. Even professional players continue to practice layups and free throws. So as parents, we must never stop reviewing and practicing the character we desire our children to master.
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