So in the toddler years we focus on teaching physical self-control
- how and where to play.
In the school years we focus on teaching verbal self-control.
A predictable pattern of meals, chores, play, school,
music and sports provides daily opportunities for this.
Learning to speak
quietly inside,
louder outside,
with kindness,
with patience,
with discernment,
with wisdom,
to resolve conflict,
to share,
to sympathise,
and to bring life,
not death.
"Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body,
but it makes great boasts.
Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
The tongue also is a fire." James 3:5
- how and where to play.
In the school years we focus on teaching verbal self-control.
A predictable pattern of meals, chores, play, school,
music and sports provides daily opportunities for this.
Learning to speak
quietly inside,
louder outside,
with kindness,
with patience,
with discernment,
with wisdom,
to resolve conflict,
to share,
to sympathise,
and to bring life,
not death.
"Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body,
but it makes great boasts.
Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
The tongue also is a fire." James 3:5
